http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Cager&feedformat=atomDOSBoxWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T05:23:03ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.1http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&diff=3871DOSBoxWiki talk:Community Portal2010-04-25T15:56:53Z<p>Cager: </p>
<hr />
<div>Same issue (different game) as the following. No way to get a backslash (\) in DOSBox running on an new HP with Vista.<br />
Anyone figured this one out yet?<br />
[I hate Vista!]<br />
<br />
== No "\" capable, therefore can't mount anything ==<br />
<br />
I just got an old game that i love 2 play called "full throttle" only it wont work with windows vista for some reason. So i downloaded DOSBOX and it looked like i wuz well on my way to playing but i couldnt change the drive to my cd drive because i couldnt type ":" or "\" for some reason....if anyone has any knoledge that will help me it would be much appreciated...thank you<br />
<br />
<br />
I get the same thing, I cannot use the \ key, how can I fix this?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==OpenGL Non Bilinear (Filtering)==<br />
output = surface | overlay | opengl | [[Dosbox.conf|openglnb]] | ddraw<BR><br />
What to use for output.<BR><br />
Default is surface.<BR><br />
(since 0.??)<br />
<br />
Your search - openglnb site:wikipedia.org - did not match any documents.<br />
<br />
Don't blame on Wikipedia. They talk about bilinear filtering. Blame on...<br />
<br />
== May Help ==<br />
<br />
My keyboard (Microsoft) has a key "Ç". To see ":" I type shift + Ç. If it seems ok, try shift + another key for "\". I hope it helps you.<br />
Dixon - Brazil - Bahia.<br />
<br />
<br />
I need a help too:<br />
I'm trying to run the game Blackthorne. I mount c:\DOSGames and all is ok, but when I try to run the .exe file, nothing happen and the commands crashes. A friend told me that this game needs EMS memory and is necessary to add a line to config sys file, like that: himem.sys:device=c\DOS\EMM386.exe RAM.<br />
I don't know if it is right or no. If true, how can I edit the config.sys file, or what to do to run this game?<br />
Thank you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>BlackThorne</h3><hr /><br />
<br />
I had the same issue with my original CD vesion of Blackthorne, but I tried a copy from, <br />
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/56/Blackthorne.html<br />
<br />
And it worked without issue!<br />
<br />
== May have messed up Keymapper ==<br />
<br />
Ctrl-F1 no longer brings up Keymapper. I was trying to get the "\" and perhaps I messed up. How can I get keymapper back? (Am using Windows 7 and somehow in my efforts to get a c:\\ I succeeded one time and brought up Q&A, which is the old DOS program I want to work. So there must be a way .. Thanks.<br />
<br />
<br />
You can try running DOSBOX with the command line ''-startmapper'' (it will look like '''dosbox -startmapper''')<br />
<br />
== Loading Games Using Batch Files ==<br />
<br />
<font family="Comic Sans MS">==================================================================<br /><br />
Possible Solution.....<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
You are typing a slash '\' now, so you must be able to use a slash in notepad.<br /><br />
<br />
Try using the dosbox.conf and batch files to load games.<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Here is a neat trick I figured out for running Dosbox games fast ans easy. <br />First edit the dosbox.conf file, under [autoexec] to mount a new drive letter and folder you will not use.<br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
[autoexec]<br /><br />
&#35; Lines in this section will be run at startup.<br /><br />
mount Y C:\gamelist\ <br /><br />
y:\ <br /><br />
dir <br /><br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
The code above if entered into Dosbox.conf, when you open Dosbox, it will mount, load, and go to this folder, displaying the files with-in.<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now just create batch files with the commands normally used to load doxbox games, place them in the gamelist folder (C:/gamelist)<br /><br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br />
<br />
My Batch File Example- Type in notepad, save as FILENAME.bat<br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
@ECHO OFF<br /><br />
mount c c:\harvest<br /><br />
mount d d:\ -t cdrom<br /><br />
c:\<br /><br />
harvest.exe<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
I saved this batch file as harvest.bat. Now when I open Dosbox, it automatically opens the gamelist folder, and displays the files, (only harvest.bat now).<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now you only have to type harvest.bat (or any other game.bat you have), to mount and play your games.<br />
</font><br />
<br />
== Keyboards and Dosbox.config ==<br />
<br />
You should probably check out your dosbox.config file and see if the keyboard settings are correct. <br /><br />
Also, Dosbox has EMS memory enabled by default, as you can see in the dosbox.conf file. <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /><br />
Dosbox-0.73.conf [If you scroll through it, there is a part that states the following:] <br /><br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
&#35; xms: Enable XMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; ems: Enable EMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; umb: Enable UMB support. <br /><br />
&#35; keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none). <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
xms=true <br /><br />
ems=true <br /><br />
umb=true <br /><br />
keyboardlayout=auto <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
You could try to set the keyboard layout option manually, see <i>DOS</i> below, <br /><br />
or toggle EMS memory if it is not enabled.<br />
<br />
<h3>DOS</h3><br />
<br />
<u>Quoted From http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#.5Bdos.5D on February 8, 2010</u><br />
<br />
"keyboardlayout=auto/none/XY <br />
<br />default "auto" (since 0.73. Previously "none"), see KEYB for supported values (keyboard layout codes/ids)"<br />
<br />
== Needs Windows?? ==<br />
<br />
The game I want to play (Castle of the Winds) wsa designed for 16-bit processors, and I'm on Windows 7, which no longer supports that. But when I try to run it in DOSBox, it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows." What's that supposed to mean?<br />
<br />
Are you sure you are atempting to run the proper DOSbox executable? Also, did you try running it in the backwards compatibility mode (ie. Windows XP or 98)? [[User:80.217.126.94|80.217.126.94]] 06:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
It means what it says on the can. Castle of the Winds is a Windows game. You should be abler to run it if you set up a copy of Windows 3 in your DOSBox. -> http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405 --[[User:94.254.246.77|94.254.246.77]] 16:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Dosbox/linux Cdrom not read ==<br />
<br />
Hi. I am trying to run "Flight Unlimited" from cdrom. Drive D: is mounted as /dev/cdrom and I can change to the D: drive in Dosbox but a "dir" command gives file *.* not found. What am I doing wrong. Mount command used is "mount d /dev/cdrom -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl"<br />
I have now made an iso of the cdrom and that seems to mount ok but when I try to run the game it fails with a message that it needs 524288 more bytes of disk space.Any Ideas?<br />
<br />
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&action=edit</div>Cagerhttp://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&diff=3626DOSBoxWiki talk:Community Portal2010-04-10T13:57:41Z<p>Cager: </p>
<hr />
<div>Same issue (different game) as the following. No way to get a backslash (\) in DOSBox running on an new HP with Vista.<br />
Anyone figured this one out yet?<br />
[I hate Vista!]<br />
<br />
== No "\" capable, therefore can't mount anything ==<br />
<br />
I just got an old game that i love 2 play called "full throttle" only it wont work with windows vista for some reason. So i downloaded DOSBOX and it looked like i wuz well on my way to playing but i couldnt change the drive to my cd drive because i couldnt type ":" or "\" for some reason....if anyone has any knoledge that will help me it would be much appreciated...thank you<br />
<br />
<br />
I get the same thing, I cannot use the \ key, how can I fix this?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==OpenGL Non Bilinear (Filtering)==<br />
output = surface | overlay | opengl | [[Dosbox.conf|openglnb]] | ddraw<BR><br />
What to use for output.<BR><br />
Default is surface.<BR><br />
(since 0.??)<br />
<br />
Your search - openglnb site:wikipedia.org - did not match any documents.<br />
<br />
Don't blame on Wikipedia. They talk about bilinear filtering. Blame on...<br />
<br />
== May Help ==<br />
<br />
My keyboard (Microsoft) has a key "Ç". To see ":" I type shift + Ç. If it seems ok, try shift + another key for "\". I hope it helps you.<br />
Dixon - Brazil - Bahia.<br />
<br />
<br />
I need a help too:<br />
I'm trying to run the game Blackthorne. I mount c:\DOSGames and all is ok, but when I try to run the .exe file, nothing happen and the commands crashes. A friend told me that this game needs EMS memory and is necessary to add a line to config sys file, like that: himem.sys:device=c\DOS\EMM386.exe RAM.<br />
I don't know if it is right or no. If true, how can I edit the config.sys file, or what to do to run this game?<br />
Thank you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>BlackThorne</h3><hr /><br />
<br />
I had the same issue with my original CD vesion of Blackthorne, but I tried a copy from, <br />
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/56/Blackthorne.html<br />
<br />
And it worked without issue!<br />
<br />
== May have messed up Keymapper ==<br />
<br />
Ctrl-F1 no longer brings up Keymapper. I was trying to get the "\" and perhaps I messed up. How can I get keymapper back? (Am using Windows 7 and somehow in my efforts to get a c:\\ I succeeded one time and brought up Q&A, which is the old DOS program I want to work. So there must be a way .. Thanks.<br />
<br />
<br />
You can try running DOSBOX with the command line ''-startmapper'' (it will look like '''dosbox -startmapper''')<br />
<br />
== Loading Games Using Batch Files ==<br />
<br />
<font family="Comic Sans MS">==================================================================<br /><br />
Possible Solution.....<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
You are typing a slash '\' now, so you must be able to use a slash in notepad.<br /><br />
<br />
Try using the dosbox.conf and batch files to load games.<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Here is a neat trick I figured out for running Dosbox games fast ans easy. <br />First edit the dosbox.conf file, under [autoexec] to mount a new drive letter and folder you will not use.<br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
[autoexec]<br /><br />
&#35; Lines in this section will be run at startup.<br /><br />
mount Y C:\gamelist\ <br /><br />
y:\ <br /><br />
dir <br /><br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
The code above if entered into Dosbox.conf, when you open Dosbox, it will mount, load, and go to this folder, displaying the files with-in.<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now just create batch files with the commands normally used to load doxbox games, place them in the gamelist folder (C:/gamelist)<br /><br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br />
<br />
My Batch File Example- Type in notepad, save as FILENAME.bat<br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
@ECHO OFF<br /><br />
mount c c:\harvest<br /><br />
mount d d:\ -t cdrom<br /><br />
c:\<br /><br />
harvest.exe<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
I saved this batch file as harvest.bat. Now when I open Dosbox, it automatically opens the gamelist folder, and displays the files, (only harvest.bat now).<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now you only have to type harvest.bat (or any other game.bat you have), to mount and play your games.<br />
</font><br />
<br />
== Keyboards and Dosbox.config ==<br />
<br />
You should probably check out your dosbox.config file and see if the keyboard settings are correct. <br /><br />
Also, Dosbox has EMS memory enabled by default, as you can see in the dosbox.conf file. <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /><br />
Dosbox-0.73.conf [If you scroll through it, there is a part that states the following:] <br /><br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
&#35; xms: Enable XMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; ems: Enable EMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; umb: Enable UMB support. <br /><br />
&#35; keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none). <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
xms=true <br /><br />
ems=true <br /><br />
umb=true <br /><br />
keyboardlayout=auto <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
You could try to set the keyboard layout option manually, see <i>DOS</i> below, <br /><br />
or toggle EMS memory if it is not enabled.<br />
<br />
<h3>DOS</h3><br />
<br />
<u>Quoted From http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#.5Bdos.5D on February 8, 2010</u><br />
<br />
"keyboardlayout=auto/none/XY <br />
<br />default "auto" (since 0.73. Previously "none"), see KEYB for supported values (keyboard layout codes/ids)"<br />
<br />
== Needs Windows?? ==<br />
<br />
The game I want to play (Castle of the Winds) wsa designed for 16-bit processors, and I'm on Windows 7, which no longer supports that. But when I try to run it in DOSBox, it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows." What's that supposed to mean?<br />
<br />
Are you sure you are atempting to run the proper DOSbox executable? Also, did you try running it in the backwards compatibility mode (ie. Windows XP or 98)? [[User:80.217.126.94|80.217.126.94]] 06:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
It means what it says on the can. Castle of the Winds is a Windows game. You should be abler to run it if you set up a copy of Windows 3 in your DOSBox. -> http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405 --[[User:94.254.246.77|94.254.246.77]] 16:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Dosbox/linux Cdrom not read ==<br />
<br />
Hi. I am trying to run "Flight Unlimited" from cdrom. Drive D: is mounted as /dev/cdrom and I can change to the D: drive in Dosbox but a "dir" command gives file *.* not found. What am I doing wrong. Mount command used is "mount d /dev/cdrom -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl"<br />
<br />
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&action=edit</div>Cagerhttp://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&diff=3625DOSBoxWiki talk:Community Portal2010-04-10T13:56:21Z<p>Cager: </p>
<hr />
<div>Same issue (different game) as the following. No way to get a backslash (\) in DOSBox running on an new HP with Vista.<br />
Anyone figured this one out yet?<br />
[I hate Vista!]<br />
<br />
== No "\" capable, therefore can't mount anything ==<br />
<br />
I just got an old game that i love 2 play called "full throttle" only it wont work with windows vista for some reason. So i downloaded DOSBOX and it looked like i wuz well on my way to playing but i couldnt change the drive to my cd drive because i couldnt type ":" or "\" for some reason....if anyone has any knoledge that will help me it would be much appreciated...thank you<br />
<br />
<br />
I get the same thing, I cannot use the \ key, how can I fix this?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==OpenGL Non Bilinear (Filtering)==<br />
output = surface | overlay | opengl | [[Dosbox.conf|openglnb]] | ddraw<BR><br />
What to use for output.<BR><br />
Default is surface.<BR><br />
(since 0.??)<br />
<br />
Your search - openglnb site:wikipedia.org - did not match any documents.<br />
<br />
Don't blame on Wikipedia. They talk about bilinear filtering. Blame on...<br />
<br />
== May Help ==<br />
<br />
My keyboard (Microsoft) has a key "Ç". To see ":" I type shift + Ç. If it seems ok, try shift + another key for "\". I hope it helps you.<br />
Dixon - Brazil - Bahia.<br />
<br />
<br />
I need a help too:<br />
I'm trying to run the game Blackthorne. I mount c:\DOSGames and all is ok, but when I try to run the .exe file, nothing happen and the commands crashes. A friend told me that this game needs EMS memory and is necessary to add a line to config sys file, like that: himem.sys:device=c\DOS\EMM386.exe RAM.<br />
I don't know if it is right or no. If true, how can I edit the config.sys file, or what to do to run this game?<br />
Thank you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>BlackThorne</h3><hr /><br />
<br />
I had the same issue with my original CD vesion of Blackthorne, but I tried a copy from, <br />
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/56/Blackthorne.html<br />
<br />
And it worked without issue!<br />
<br />
== May have messed up Keymapper ==<br />
<br />
Ctrl-F1 no longer brings up Keymapper. I was trying to get the "\" and perhaps I messed up. How can I get keymapper back? (Am using Windows 7 and somehow in my efforts to get a c:\\ I succeeded one time and brought up Q&A, which is the old DOS program I want to work. So there must be a way .. Thanks.<br />
<br />
<br />
You can try running DOSBOX with the command line ''-startmapper'' (it will look like '''dosbox -startmapper''')<br />
<br />
== Loading Games Using Batch Files ==<br />
<br />
<font family="Comic Sans MS">==================================================================<br /><br />
Possible Solution.....<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
You are typing a slash '\' now, so you must be able to use a slash in notepad.<br /><br />
<br />
Try using the dosbox.conf and batch files to load games.<br /><br />
==================================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Here is a neat trick I figured out for running Dosbox games fast ans easy. <br />First edit the dosbox.conf file, under [autoexec] to mount a new drive letter and folder you will not use.<br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
[autoexec]<br /><br />
&#35; Lines in this section will be run at startup.<br /><br />
mount Y C:\gamelist\ <br /><br />
y:\ <br /><br />
dir <br /><br /><br />
===================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
The code above if entered into Dosbox.conf, when you open Dosbox, it will mount, load, and go to this folder, displaying the files with-in.<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now just create batch files with the commands normally used to load doxbox games, place them in the gamelist folder (C:/gamelist)<br /><br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br />
<br />
My Batch File Example- Type in notepad, save as FILENAME.bat<br /><br />
=================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
@ECHO OFF<br /><br />
mount c c:\harvest<br /><br />
mount d d:\ -t cdrom<br /><br />
c:\<br /><br />
harvest.exe<br /><br /><br />
<br />
==================================================<br /><br /><br />
<br />
I saved this batch file as harvest.bat. Now when I open Dosbox, it automatically opens the gamelist folder, and displays the files, (only harvest.bat now).<br /><br /><br />
<br />
Now you only have to type harvest.bat (or any other game.bat you have), to mount and play your games.<br />
</font><br />
<br />
== Keyboards and Dosbox.config ==<br />
<br />
You should probably check out your dosbox.config file and see if the keyboard settings are correct. <br /><br />
Also, Dosbox has EMS memory enabled by default, as you can see in the dosbox.conf file. <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /><br />
Dosbox-0.73.conf [If you scroll through it, there is a part that states the following:] <br /><br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
&#35; xms: Enable XMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; ems: Enable EMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; umb: Enable UMB support. <br /><br />
&#35; keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none). <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
xms=true <br /><br />
ems=true <br /><br />
umb=true <br /><br />
keyboardlayout=auto <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
========================================================================================= <br /> <br /><br />
<br />
You could try to set the keyboard layout option manually, see <i>DOS</i> below, <br /><br />
or toggle EMS memory if it is not enabled.<br />
<br />
<h3>DOS</h3><br />
<br />
<u>Quoted From http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#.5Bdos.5D on February 8, 2010</u><br />
<br />
"keyboardlayout=auto/none/XY <br />
<br />default "auto" (since 0.73. Previously "none"), see KEYB for supported values (keyboard layout codes/ids)"<br />
<br />
== Needs Windows?? ==<br />
<br />
The game I want to play (Castle of the Winds) wsa designed for 16-bit processors, and I'm on Windows 7, which no longer supports that. But when I try to run it in DOSBox, it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows." What's that supposed to mean?<br />
<br />
Are you sure you are atempting to run the proper DOSbox executable? Also, did you try running it in the backwards compatibility mode (ie. Windows XP or 98)? [[User:80.217.126.94|80.217.126.94]] 06:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
It means what it says on the can. Castle of the Winds is a Windows game. You should be abler to run it if you set up a copy of Windows 3 in your DOSBox. -> http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405 --[[User:94.254.246.77|94.254.246.77]] 16:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Dosbox/linux Cdrom not read ==<br />
<br />
Hi. I am trying to run "Flight Unlimited" from cdrom. Drive D: is mounted as /dev/cdrom and I can change to the D: drive in Dosbox but a "dir" command gives file *.* not found. What am I doing wrong. Mount command used is "mount d /dev/cdrom -tcdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl"<br />
<br />
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&action=edit</div>Cagerhttp://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&diff=3624DOSBoxWiki talk:Community Portal2010-04-10T13:39:04Z<p>Cager: /* Dosbox/linux Cdrom not read */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>Same issue (different game) as the following. No way to get a backslash (\) in DOSBox running on an new HP with Vista.<br />
Anyone figured this one out yet?<br />
[I hate Vista!]<br />
<br />
== No "\" capable, therefore can't mount anything ==<br />
<br />
I just got an old game that i love 2 play called "full throttle" only it wont work with windows vista for some reason. So i downloaded DOSBOX and it looked like i wuz well on my way to playing but i couldnt change the drive to my cd drive because i couldnt type ":" or "\" for some reason....if anyone has any knoledge that will help me it would be much appreciated...thank you<br />
<br />
<br />
I get the same thing, I cannot use the \ key, how can I fix this?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==OpenGL Non Bilinear (Filtering)==<br />
output = surface | overlay | opengl | [[Dosbox.conf|openglnb]] | ddraw<BR><br />
What to use for output.<BR><br />
Default is surface.<BR><br />
(since 0.??)<br />
<br />
Your search - openglnb site:wikipedia.org - did not match any documents.<br />
<br />
Don't blame on Wikipedia. They talk about bilinear filtering. Blame on...<br />
<br />
== May Help ==<br />
<br />
My keyboard (Microsoft) has a key "Ç". To see ":" I type shift + Ç. If it seems ok, try shift + another key for "\". I hope it helps you.<br />
Dixon - Brazil - Bahia.<br />
<br />
<br />
I need a help too:<br />
I'm trying to run the game Blackthorne. I mount c:\DOSGames and all is ok, but when I try to run the .exe file, nothing happen and the commands crashes. A friend told me that this game needs EMS memory and is necessary to add a line to config sys file, like that: himem.sys:device=c\DOS\EMM386.exe RAM.<br />
I don't know if it is right or no. If true, how can I edit the config.sys file, or what to do to run this game?<br />
Thank you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>BlackThorne</h3><hr /><br />
<br />
I had the same issue with my original CD vesion of Blackthorne, but I tried a copy from, <br />
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/56/Blackthorne.html<br />
<br />
And it worked without issue!<br />
<br />
== May have messed up Keymapper ==<br />
<br />
Ctrl-F1 no longer brings up Keymapper. I was trying to get the "\" and perhaps I messed up. How can I get keymapper back? (Am using Windows 7 and somehow in my efforts to get a c:\\ I succeeded one time and brought up Q&A, which is the old DOS program I want to work. So there must be a way .. Thanks.<br />
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You can try running DOSBOX with the command line ''-startmapper'' (it will look like '''dosbox -startmapper''')<br />
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== Loading Games Using Batch Files ==<br />
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You are typing a slash '\' now, so you must be able to use a slash in notepad.<br /><br />
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Try using the dosbox.conf and batch files to load games.<br /><br />
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Here is a neat trick I figured out for running Dosbox games fast ans easy. <br />First edit the dosbox.conf file, under [autoexec] to mount a new drive letter and folder you will not use.<br /><br />
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[autoexec]<br /><br />
&#35; Lines in this section will be run at startup.<br /><br />
mount Y C:\gamelist\ <br /><br />
y:\ <br /><br />
dir <br /><br /><br />
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The code above if entered into Dosbox.conf, when you open Dosbox, it will mount, load, and go to this folder, displaying the files with-in.<br /><br /><br />
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Now just create batch files with the commands normally used to load doxbox games, place them in the gamelist folder (C:/gamelist)<br /><br /><br />
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My Batch File Example- Type in notepad, save as FILENAME.bat<br /><br />
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@ECHO OFF<br /><br />
mount c c:\harvest<br /><br />
mount d d:\ -t cdrom<br /><br />
c:\<br /><br />
harvest.exe<br /><br /><br />
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I saved this batch file as harvest.bat. Now when I open Dosbox, it automatically opens the gamelist folder, and displays the files, (only harvest.bat now).<br /><br /><br />
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Now you only have to type harvest.bat (or any other game.bat you have), to mount and play your games.<br />
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== Keyboards and Dosbox.config ==<br />
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You should probably check out your dosbox.config file and see if the keyboard settings are correct. <br /><br />
Also, Dosbox has EMS memory enabled by default, as you can see in the dosbox.conf file. <br /> <br /><br />
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Dosbox-0.73.conf [If you scroll through it, there is a part that states the following:] <br /><br />
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&#35; xms: Enable XMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; ems: Enable EMS support. <br /><br />
&#35; umb: Enable UMB support. <br /><br />
&#35; keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none). <br /> <br /><br />
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xms=true <br /><br />
ems=true <br /><br />
umb=true <br /><br />
keyboardlayout=auto <br /> <br /><br />
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You could try to set the keyboard layout option manually, see <i>DOS</i> below, <br /><br />
or toggle EMS memory if it is not enabled.<br />
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<u>Quoted From http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#.5Bdos.5D on February 8, 2010</u><br />
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"keyboardlayout=auto/none/XY <br />
<br />default "auto" (since 0.73. Previously "none"), see KEYB for supported values (keyboard layout codes/ids)"<br />
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== Needs Windows?? ==<br />
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The game I want to play (Castle of the Winds) wsa designed for 16-bit processors, and I'm on Windows 7, which no longer supports that. But when I try to run it in DOSBox, it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows." What's that supposed to mean?<br />
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Are you sure you are atempting to run the proper DOSbox executable? Also, did you try running it in the backwards compatibility mode (ie. Windows XP or 98)? [[User:80.217.126.94|80.217.126.94]] 06:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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It means what it says on the can. Castle of the Winds is a Windows game. You should be abler to run it if you set up a copy of Windows 3 in your DOSBox. -> http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405 --[[User:94.254.246.77|94.254.246.77]] 16:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Dosbox/linux Cdrom not read ==<br />
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http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOSBoxWiki_talk:Community_Portal&action=edit</div>Cager