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User talk:WikiSysop

2013-10-01T11:20:32Z

Mabdul: /* SPAM */ again me

== Questionable deletion ==

Can you explain why you censored [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=TOOLS:ScummVM&diff=next&oldid=3635 this section]? You didn't even include any edit summary. -[[User:Lwc|Lwc]] 18:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:ah yes.
:The scummvm people used that piece of information as proof that we prefer scummvm over dosbox for games that scummvm supports.
:Which is not true.
:Especially the last part of that section is totally not true. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] ([[User talk:WikiSysop|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/WikiSysop|contribs]]) 08:49, 18 October 2010
::If they "use" unofficial wiki information, it's their problem. But who said the last part is totally not true? It sounds true enough for me. -[[User:Lwc|Lwc]] 23:50, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

== SPAM ==

Would you explain why you didn't delete pages like [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cpu%2Fcore%2FIntro&action=historysubmit&diff=2253&oldid=2249]? Protecting and blanking is of course enough but since the wiki has such a strength "captcha" now it might be worth to delete such pages... [[User:Mabdul|Mabdul]] 11:28, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi again,

I'm following the [[Special:RecentChanges]] feed and recognized that there is very much spam in "user space" since a few weks. mostly with ~200 new pages a day. I believe the captcha has to be changed (again) or a rangeblock to be created. Regards, [[User:Mabdul|Mabdul]] 11:20, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Commands

2013-03-24T20:35:30Z

Mabdul: adding set command

== CD (Change Directory) ==
:Allows you to move up and down a directory tree. '''CD''' is simple to use, just type

CD [Directory-Name]

:And if the Directory-Name correctly refers to an available directory then you will be moved from your current working directory to the new one. Once completed, any command you issue will operate under the new working directory, and your prompt will be updated to reflect your current working directory. Multiple folders can be traversed at once (assuming you know the correct names) by typing their names together with the '''\''' separating them for example

C:\>'''CD SIERRA\KQ5'''
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>

:There are also 3 special directories that are available inside every directory which help you simply move around. They are

. which refers to the current directory

.. which refers to the directory directly above the current directory

/ which refers to the root directory

:Once you have moved into a sub directory, you can move back by typing

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..'''
C:\SIERRA>

:And like all other directories you can string them together

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..\..'''
C:\>

:If you ever need to move back to the root directory you can use the '''\''' alias.

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD \'''
C:\>

== CHOICE ==
:Waits for a keypress and sets ERRORLEVEL. Displays the given prompt followed by [Y,N]? for yes or no respones.
:Used for batch scripts in most cases.

CHOICE "Text to ask"

== CLS ==
:Clears the screen of all input and returns just the current prompt in the upper left hand corner.

== COPY ==
:Copy a file
:Syntax is COPY <Orignal Filename> <New Filename>

COPY Document.txt CopyOfDocument.TXT

== DIR ==
:Lists all of the available files and sub directories inside the current directory. Some variants of this are "dir/p" (pauses after each page) and "dir/w" (this gives a wide view)

== DEL ==
:Remove one or more files.

== EXIT ==
:Exit from DOSBox

== LOADFIX ==
:Loads a program above the first 64K of memory.

== LOADHIGH ==
:Loads a program into upper memory (requires xms=true,umb=true)

== MD ==
:Makes a directory.

== MOVE (unsupported) ==
:DOSBox has no MOVE command. Use the REN command to move files.

== RD ==
:Removes a directory.

== REN ==
:Renames one or more files.
:Note: Unlike MS-DOS, DOSBox doesn't require the source and target filenames to be in the same folder.

== TYPE ==
:Display the contents of a text-file.

== SET ==
:Displays and sets environment variables

== VER ==
:View and set the reported DOS version. Also displays the running DOSBox version.
:To set the reported DOS version use the following:

VER SET <MAJOR> [MINOR]

:where MAJOR is the number before the period, and MINOR is what comes after.
:Versions can range from 0.0 to 255.255. Any values over 255 will loop from zero. (That is, 256=0, 257=1, 258=2, etc)

Commands

2013-03-24T20:33:26Z

Mabdul: alpha order

== CD (Change Directory) ==
:Allows you to move up and down a directory tree. '''CD''' is simple to use, just type

CD [Directory-Name]

:And if the Directory-Name correctly refers to an available directory then you will be moved from your current working directory to the new one. Once completed, any command you issue will operate under the new working directory, and your prompt will be updated to reflect your current working directory. Multiple folders can be traversed at once (assuming you know the correct names) by typing their names together with the '''\''' separating them for example

C:\>'''CD SIERRA\KQ5'''
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>

:There are also 3 special directories that are available inside every directory which help you simply move around. They are

. which refers to the current directory

.. which refers to the directory directly above the current directory

/ which refers to the root directory

:Once you have moved into a sub directory, you can move back by typing

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..'''
C:\SIERRA>

:And like all other directories you can string them together

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..\..'''
C:\>

:If you ever need to move back to the root directory you can use the '''\''' alias.

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD \'''
C:\>

== CHOICE ==
:Waits for a keypress and sets ERRORLEVEL. Displays the given prompt followed by [Y,N]? for yes or no respones.
:Used for batch scripts in most cases.

CHOICE "Text to ask"

== CLS ==
:Clears the screen of all input and returns just the current prompt in the upper left hand corner.

== COPY ==
:Copy a file
:Syntax is COPY <Orignal Filename> <New Filename>

COPY Document.txt CopyOfDocument.TXT

== DIR ==
:Lists all of the available files and sub directories inside the current directory. Some variants of this are "dir/p" (pauses after each page) and "dir/w" (this gives a wide view)

== DEL ==
:Remove one or more files.

== EXIT ==
:Exit from DOSBox

== LOADFIX ==
:Loads a program above the first 64K of memory.

== LOADHIGH ==
:Loads a program into upper memory (requires xms=true,umb=true)

== MD ==
:Makes a directory.

== MOVE (unsupported) ==
:DOSBox has no MOVE command. Use the REN command to move files.

== RD ==
:Removes a directory.

== REN ==
:Renames one or more files.
:Note: Unlike MS-DOS, DOSBox doesn't require the source and target filenames to be in the same folder.

== TYPE ==
:Display the contents of a text-file.

== VER ==
:View and set the reported DOS version. Also displays the running DOSBox version.
:To set the reported DOS version use the following:

VER SET <MAJOR> [MINOR]

:where MAJOR is the number before the period, and MINOR is what comes after.
:Versions can range from 0.0 to 255.255. Any values over 255 will loop from zero. (That is, 256=0, 257=1, 258=2, etc)

Building DOSBox with Visual Studio

2013-03-24T18:18:30Z

Mabdul: +displaytitle

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Building DOSBox with Visual C++ 2008 Express}}
Note: The title of this page should actually be "''Building DOSBox with Visual C++ 2008 Express''", but the Wiki software does not allow the use of the + character in a title.

DOSBox is a complicated project. This document aims to provide a step by step description of how to use the free Express Edition of Microsoft's Visual C++ 2008 to successfully build DOSBox.

== Get Visual C++ 2008 Express ==
Microsoft provides the Express edition of Visual C++ 2008 for free. Download VCE [http://www.microsoft.com/Express/vc/ directly from Microsoft] and install it. When installing, you don’t need to select any of the optional components like the Silverlight runtime, SQL Server or the MSDN Express Library. After the installation is complete, you will need to restart your computer.

== Get the SDL library ==
To be able to build DOSBox, you will also need the development libraries for SDL. At the time of writing, the most current release of SDL is 1.2.13. From the downloads section at the [http://www.libsdl.org/ SDL website] look for the Development Libraries for Win32, marked for Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1. The filename will be something like <tt>SDL-devel-1.2.13-VC8.zip</tt>. Unpack this file to the location of your choosing. For this discussion, I shall place it in <tt>C:\Development\SDL-1.2.13</tt>.

== Get the DOSBox sources ==
The next step is to get DOSBox itself. At the time of writing, the most current release of DOSBox is 0.74. Go to [http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 the DOSBox download page] and download the DOSBox source. Since the DOSBox sources come as a <tt>.tar.gz</tt> file, you may need a separate program to extract this. Unpack the source to the location of your choosing. For this discussion, I have chosen <tt>C:\Development\dosbox-0.74</tt>.

== Set up the environment ==
[[Image:Vce_guide1.png|thumb|Setting the include directories for SDL]]
From your start menu, start VCE. After a few moments, the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) will start. The first thing we need to do is tell VCE where to find SDL. From the "Tools" menu select "Options". When the Options menu appears, expand the category "Projects and Solutions" and choose "VC++ Directories". From the directories pulldown, choose to show the directories for include files, click the folder icon and add the folder for the SDL includes. If you have been following this guide literally, that would <tt>C:\Development\SDL-1.2.13\include</tt>. Next, elect to show the directories for library files. This time, add the folder for the SDL libraries. When you have followed this guide, that would be <tt>C:\Development\SDL-1.2.13\lib</tt>.

After you have done this, click OK to accept and close the options.

 
== Set up the solution ==
=== Conversion wizard ===
[[Image:Vce_guide2.png|thumb|Conversion wizard]]
Open the solution provided by DOSBox. It can be found as <tt>C:\Development\dosbox-0.74\visualc_net\dosbox.sln</tt>. If you have file extensions hidden (as they are by default), you may select "Solution files (*.sln)" from the object type dropdown to ensure you get the correct one. The first time you open the solution, VCE will present you with the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard, because the solution included in the DOSBox distribution is for an older version of Visual C++. You can simply click Finish and be done with it. If you want, you can take a look at the conversion log, but the information in there is not particularly interesting.
 
=== Dependencies ===
[[Image:Vce_guide3.png|thumb|Editing the additional dependencies]]
Now that the solution has been opened, it is necessary to disable some of the optional features of DOSBox. From the "Project" menu select "dosbox Properties". Expand the "Configuration Properties" and then the "Linker" category. Then choose "Input". From the properties on the right, you will need to remove some of the "Additional Dependencies". With the setup I have described here, I need to remove '''sdl_net.lib''', '''zlib.lib''', '''libpng.lib''' and '''curses.lib''' (you will also not need the odbc32.lib and odbccp32.lib references, but there is no harm in leaving them). Apply the changes and use the dropdown at the top left to switch to the Release configuration. Repeat the previous step, removing those same references and again apply the changes.
 
=== Configuration setup ===
[[Image:Vce_guide4.png|thumb|Adjusting the config.h file]]
In the Solution Explorer, browse down the solution into "Source files" and then "visualc". Open the file <tt>config.h</tt> listed there and do some editing. Find the line that reads
#define C_SSHOT 1
and change the 1 to a 0. Do the same for the lines mentioning <tt>C_MODEM</tt> and <tt>C_IPX</tt>. The reason we are disabling these options is that they require some extra libraries that we haven’t set up for this tutorial. Also, set <tt>C_CORE_INLINE</tt> to 1 to enable faster CPU emulation.

In the Solution Explorer, in the "Source files", you will find the file <tt>winres.rc</tt>. Right-click on that and choose "View code". ''Remove'' the line at the top that reads
#include "afxres.h"
When you have done this, save the solution ("Save all" from the file menu). This ensures you won’t have to repeat any of the previous steps.
 

== The actual build ==
[[Image:Vce_guide5.png|thumb|Build successfully completed]]
Before building, right click on "Solution 'dosbox'" in the Solution Explorer and go to Properties -> Configuration Properties. Set the Configuration dropdown box to "Release" instead of "Debug". This will cause VC++ to build an optimized binary without extra debug features.

Now that all this is done, press F7 to start the build process. There will be a few warnings, but they are unimportant. The build may take a few minutes depending on the speed of your computer, but if you have followed this tutorial it will complete successfully.

Note that to actually run the executable you have built, you will need the SDL library (<tt>SDL.DLL</tt>) from your regular DOSBox install and place it in the <tt>C:\Development\dosbox-0.74\visualc_net</tt> directory.

User talk:WikiSysop

2013-03-17T11:28:17Z

Mabdul: /* SPAM */ new section

Software:StarTexter

2013-03-17T11:21:48Z

Mabdul: +manual hints

{{Infobox Software
|title=StarTexter III
|image=[[Image:StarTexter3.png|250px]]
|caption=StarTexter III for DOS
|publisher=Sybex
|released=Sep. 1990
|version=[[Version0.74|0.74]]
|status=Perfect
|executable='''TEXT3.EXE'''
}}
'''StarTexter III''' should work without any special configuration. It runs totally fine/fast with 500 cycles tested under Windows 7 64 bit and Mac OS X 10.7.

== Printing ==
I couldn't test the printing because my Laptop doesn't have any LTP port any longer.

== Shortcuts ==
{|
| Key
| Result
|-
| F1
| Help
|-
| F2
| Manuales Trennen
|-
| F3
| Center the text
|-
| F4
| indent
|-
| F5
| Tabulatoren setzen/löschen
|-
| F6
| Absatz formatieren
|-
| F7
| Blocksatz ein-/ausschalten
|-
| F8
| Blockstart/-ende
|-
| F9
| Festes Leerzeichen
|-
| F10
| Date (in form of DD.MM.YYYY)
|-
| CTRL + F1
| Text verwerfen
|-
| CTRL + F2
| Zeile löschen
|-
| CTRL + F3
| Wort löschen
|-
| CTRL + F5
| Search
|-
| CTRL + F6
| Dos-Shell
|-
| CTRL + F7
| Faltblattmarkierung
|-
| CTRL + F8
| Spellchecker
|-
| CTRL + F9
| Grafikzeichen
|-
| Caps + F1
| underlined
|-
| Caps + F2
| bold
|-
| Caps + F3
| superscript
|-
| Caps + F4
| subscript
|-
| Caps + F5
| breitschrift
|-
| Caps + F6
| schmalschrift
|-
| Caps + F7
| italics
|-
| Caps + F8
| doubled
|-
| Caps + F9
| Trennhilfe
|}

== Manual ==
As I don't have any manual, I provide some useful hints here:
*Setting an tabulator with F5, you can a standard to which position a tabulator is including, so e.g. placing a tabulator marker at position 9, pressing key [tab] StarTexter will include 9 "whitespaces" (actually it is 0x80 in the file).

== External links ==
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTexter StarTexter] article at the German Wikipedia

Software:StarTexter

2013-03-17T10:32:06Z

Mabdul: +image and cycles

{{Infobox Software
|title=StarTexter III
|image=[[Image:StarTexter3.png|250px]]
|caption=StarTexter III for DOS
|publisher=Sybex
|released=Sep. 1990
|version=[[Version0.74|0.74]]
|status=Perfect
|executable='''TEXT3.EXE'''
}}
'''StarTexter III''' should work without any special configuration. It runs totally fine/fast with 500 cycles tested under Windows 7 64 bit and Mac OS X 10.7.

== Printing ==
I couldn't test the printing because my Laptop doesn't have any LTP port any longer.

== Shortcuts ==
{|
| Key
| Result
|-
| F1
| Help
|-
| F2
| Manuales Trennen
|-
| F3
| Center the text
|-
| F4
| indent
|-
| F5
| Tabulatoren setzen/löschen
|-
| F6
| Absatz formatieren
|-
| F7
| Blocksatz ein-/ausschalten
|-
| F8
| Blockstart/-ende
|-
| F9
| Festes Leerzeichen
|-
| F10
| Date (in form of DD.MM.YYYY)
|-
| CTRL + F1
| Text verwerfen
|-
| CTRL + F2
| Zeile löschen
|-
| CTRL + F3
| Wort löschen
|-
| CTRL + F5
| Search
|-
| CTRL + F6
| Dos-Shell
|-
| CTRL + F7
| Faltblattmarkierung
|-
| CTRL + F8
| Spellchecker
|-
| CTRL + F9
| Grafikzeichen
|-
| Caps + F1
| underlined
|-
| Caps + F2
| bold
|-
| Caps + F3
| superscript
|-
| Caps + F4
| subscript
|-
| Caps + F5
| breitschrift
|-
| Caps + F6
| schmalschrift
|-
| Caps + F7
| italics
|-
| Caps + F8
| doubled
|-
| Caps + F9
| Trennhilfe
|}

== External links ==
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTexter StarTexter] article at the German Wikipedia

File:StarTexter3.png

2013-03-17T10:29:39Z

Mabdul: Sybex StarTexter 3 running with 500 cycles...

Sybex StarTexter 3 running with 500 cycles...

Software:StarTexter

2013-03-17T10:15:05Z

Mabdul: new article...

{{Infobox Software
|title=StarTexter III
|image=
|caption=StarTexter III for DOS
|publisher=Sybex
|released=Sep. 1990
|version=[[Version0.74|0.74]]
|status=Perfect
|executable='''TEXT3.EXE'''
}}
'''StarTexter III''' should work without any special configuration.

== Printing ==
I couldn't test the printing because my Laptop doesn't have any LTP port any longer.

== Shortcuts ==
{|
| Key
| Result
|-
| F1
| Help
|-
| F2
| Manuales Trennen
|-
| F3
| Center the text
|-
| F4
| indent
|-
| F5
| Tabulatoren setzen/löschen
|-
| F6
| Absatz formatieren
|-
| F7
| Blocksatz ein-/ausschalten
|-
| F8
| Blockstart/-ende
|-
| F9
| Festes Leerzeichen
|-
| F10
| Date (in form of DD.MM.YYYY)
|-
| CTRL + F1
| Text verwerfen
|-
| CTRL + F2
| Zeile löschen
|-
| CTRL + F3
| Wort löschen
|-
| CTRL + F5
| Search
|-
| CTRL + F6
| Dos-Shell
|-
| CTRL + F7
| Faltblattmarkierung
|-
| CTRL + F8
| Spellchecker
|-
| CTRL + F9
| Grafikzeichen
|-
| Caps + F1
| underlined
|-
| Caps + F2
| bold
|-
| Caps + F3
| superscript
|-
| Caps + F4
| subscript
|-
| Caps + F5
| breitschrift
|-
| Caps + F6
| schmalschrift
|-
| Caps + F7
| italics
|-
| Caps + F8
| doubled
|-
| Caps + F9
| Trennhilfe
|}

== External links ==
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTexter StarTexter] article at the German Wikipedia

Software:Microsoft Word

2013-03-17T09:53:09Z

Mabdul: +direct download link

== Description ==

== Status ==

== Making it work ==
See [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/] for some details.

== Versions ==
* [[Software:Microsoft Word DOS|Microsoft Word for DOS]]

== Download ==
Microsoft released Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS for free. ([http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe Direct download] from microsoft.com)

Software

2013-03-17T09:50:27Z

Mabdul: + * Software:StarTexter| (a.k.a Sybex Quattro Textverarbeitung)

Here is a list of every article for every application that is known to work or not work on DOSBox. This list is naturally incomplete, but over time, as users take the time to check on their favorite application, this list will help new users understand what they can expect to happen when they try to get their favorite application to work. Software applications are not the primary focus of DOSBox, and the needs of [[GAMES|games]] tend to receive a higher degree of attention by the developers over the needs of an application. Although having said that, most applications work fine in DOSbox.

== #-N ==

* ACT2, Ver. 2.11 of the contact manager, has run on Linspire 4, 5, and 6 as well as FreeSpire 2; runs on Ubuntu 8.1 but cursor keys don't work.
* [[Software:Adlib Composer|Adlib Composer]] (graphical music production tool for Adlib sound cards)
* [[Software:Ashton Tate's Framework III|Ashton Tate's Framework III]]
* [[Software:Protel|Autotrax]]
* [[Software:Borland Delphi 16-bit|Borland Delphi 16-bit]]
* [[Software:Borland Turbo Assembler 5.0|Borland Turbo Assembler 5.0]] (minus tlink32)
* [[Software:Borland Turbo C|Borland Turbo C]] version 5.0
* [[Software:Borland Turbo Pascal|Borland Turbo Pascal]] versions 3.X, 4.X, 7.0 (although limited because of missing CTRL-Break functionality)
* [[Software:Central Point Software PCTools Deluxe|Central Point Software PCTools Deluxe]] ver. 4.23
* CMPlus (Double entry accounting software, run under Ubuntu 9.10)
* Contex PC Bank Manager (Personal Finance software) - run under Windows 7 64-bit
* [[Software:Composer 669|Composer 669]]
* Dbase III+
* Deluxe Paint 2 Enhanced (versions 2.3, 2.4, 3.0)
* DJGPP C Development system and RHIDE IDE
* [[Software:Dos Vectrex Emulator (DVE)|DVE]] (Vectrex Emulator for DOS)
* [[Software:Fast Tracker 2|Fast Tracker 2]] (Music production/sequencer)
* Freebase (free text database from CAT Benelux)
* [[Software:Generic CADD|Generic CADD]]
* [[Software:ImpulseTracker|ImpulseTracker]] (Music production/sequencer)
* [[Software:Intuit Quicken|Intuit Quicken]] (Fails with "illegal command" error. Version 8.0.)
* [[Software:JuggleMaster version 1.60|JuggleMaster version 1.60]]
* Lotus Agenda version 2.0
* [[Software:Mah Jongg Rel 4.2|Mah Jongg Rel 4.2]]
* [[Software:MicroPro International Wordstar|MicroPro International Wordstar]] ver. 3.3, 4.0, Pro 4.0
* [[Software:Microsoft Excel|Microsoft Excel]]
* [[Software:Microsoft GWBASIC|Microsoft GWBASIC]] (BASIC language interpreter.)
* [[Software:Microsoft Powerpoint 2.0|Microsoft Powerpoint 2.0]]
* [[Software:Microsoft QuickBASIC|Microsoft QuickBASIC]] (BASIC compiler with IDE)
* [[Software:Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0|Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0]]
* [[Software:Windows|Microsoft Windows]] (versions 1.0 through Windows for Workgroups 3.11)
* [[Software:Microsoft Word|Microsoft Word]]
* [[Software:Microsoft Works|Microsoft Works]]
* [[Software:Microsoft Windows 95|Microsoft Windows 95]]
* [[Software:Microstation 4.0|Microstation 4.0]] (DOS based CAD program)
* [[Software:Mille Bournes v4.5|Mille Bournes v4.5]]
* Norton Commander 5.5

== O-Z ==
* [[Software:OpenGEM 5.0|OpenGEM 5.0]]
* [[Software:Paradox 4.0|Paradox 4.0]]
* [[Software:PKWare PKUnzip|PKWare PKUnzip]]
* [[Software:PC Write|PC Write]]
* [[Software:Neuberger PMC-Software|PMC]]
* [[Software:QandA|Q&A Database]] (Version 4.0 for DOS works fine for me. I haven't tried other versions.)
* QBasic
* [[Software:Omation|Schema III]]
* [[Software:Seal|SEAL]]
* [[Software:Skyglobe|Skyglobe]]
* [[Software:Soundex Coder|Soundex Coder v8.02]]
* [[Software:Spectra|Spectra]] (Formerly known as WinDOS)
* [[Software:StarTexter|StarTexter]] (a.k.a Sybex Quattro Textverarbeitung)
* STS Orbit Plus (aka STSPLUS)
* Tango PCB & SCH (PCB CAD from early 1990s) Both run, but PCB requires loading SafeSoft emulator first.
* UniComal 3.11
* [[Software:Vim|Vim]]
* [[Software:WordPerfect|WordPerfect]]
* [[Software:Wordstar-6 for DOS|Wordstar-6 for DOS]]
* [[Software:Xtree Gold|Xtree Gold]]
* [[Software:ZSNES|ZSNES]]