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== PSP DOSBOX ==
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The psp is a handheld device designed by Sony and released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005. When it was released in japan, running firmware version 1.00, the device wasn't "locked down". IE it would run unsigned code. Due to this, and various other flaws found the the PSP's system OS, the homebrew community has been quite strong. This has led to many opensource projects being started aimed at the PSP. There has also been a few ports as well, from Ffmpeg to our beloved Dosbox.
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Unfortunately, as the PSP successor the Vita has been released, this "scene" has dwindled down quite a bit. As such the port of Dosbox is quite old. However, it still runs nicely on every PSP version, as well as the PSP emu on the Vita, if you can run homebrew on your vita.
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Somebody please edit this page and give full details on how to use "psp dosbox"
 
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Making HDD images & mounting them & the reasions for doing so...
 
How to convert games, install games & programs & reasions for doing so...
 
Booting "PSPdosbox" is hard enough, please give details on how to boot "PSPdosbox" for others that dont know & have simply deleted "PSPdosbox" because they think it dont work...
 
  
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== Using PSPDosBox ==
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Bear in mind that there are a few limitations for using Dosbox on the PSP. The PSP has a limited amount of ram and cpu speed. You will not be able to play everything dosbox can, but there are still quite a few things you can play. The standard PSP has a 333mhz max cpu, and 32mb ram, the slim and go has a 333mhz cpu and 64mb ram, and the vita's emu speed, while not exactly known, is about a 60% faster and 32mb ram. Thus, depending on which model you are using, the speed you will get will vary.
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To get it installed is quite simple. First you need a copy of the program, which you can find here: [http://www.pspdosbox.co.uk/]. You can also find a very good pdf there under the FAQ, as well as a short compatibility list. Once you have the files extraced you just copy over your PSPDosbox folder to /psp/game/, or where ever you have your homebrew. Go to Dosbox on your PSP, and click it and you are running DOS on your PSP.
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However, runing DOS by itself is no fun, you need some programs and games. PSPDosbox has it’s conf file in the Dosbox folder. By default ms0:/psp/game/dosbox as C. However, if you want you can edit that to anywhere you want.  Once you have that set up how you like it, copy over your dos programs to said folder.
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It is also advisable to create a bat file to launch your program, as the psp’s buttons are quite limited, and it can be a chore to use it without first setting your keys. To set the keys you use “INPUTMAP PSPKEY keyboard key “. So if you were to, say, map the up key on your psp to the up on the keyboard you would have “INPUTMAP up up”. You can set this up to anything you like, but the default settings are:
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''INPUTMAP up up ''
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''INPUTMAP right right ''
  
"PSPdosbox" has zero help & renders the program useless, all you can do with "PSPdosbox" is brag to your mates you have windows 98 on your PSP! as soon as your mate askes for a Demo, you look the biggest fanny alive bacause all you have is a clean windows98 with nothing installed...
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''INPUTMAP down down ''
please tell us how to instll your own games & programs...
 
  
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''INPUTMAP left left ''
  
Most PSP homebrewers out there like the idea of "PSPdosbox" because its possible to run low-power PC programs & play old point-n-click low-power PC games on the PSP, but eveyone thinks the "PSPdosbox" its broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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''INPUTMAP triangle d ''
there is very little help & if there is help it makes zero sence!!!
 
  
If you know how to use "PSPdosbox",convert & install PC games for "PSPdosbox", then please edit this page with full step-by-step details or something, even if it means learning how to use the "PCdosbox" 1st, please let us know how you got PC games & programs working...
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''INPUTMAP square lshift''
  
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''INPUTMAP cross lctrl''
  
My intentions are to run a PC game called "GLOBAL POWER" on the PSP.
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''INPUTMAP circle lalt''
Its from the year 2004 but it uses a old-skool game engin & is a very basic point-n-click PC game.
 
The System Requirements are:-
 
Windows 98/ME/2000
 
Pentium 200 or higher
 
64MB of RAM
 
1MB Graphics Card
 
300MB of Free Space
 
  
even if this game doesnt work, there are others
 
  
 
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== Important bits ==
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Windows 3.11 can not be installed on the psp. A maximum of 10 files can be open at the same time, and the windows install needs many more. As such the best way to get windows 3.11 on your psp would be to load up the install in dosbox on your computer, install it, and then copy over the windows folder. Windows 95 and 98 also "can" be done this way, but they are extremely slow, not that Win 3.11 isn't.
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You can change the sensitivity of your nub by editing the sensitivity= settings in your dosbox.conf
  
Sept 2010.
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When typing out locations in your dosbox.conf always use a forward slash "/" PSPDosbox doesn't rec a backslash "\" So you would do ms0:/psp/game/dosbox and NOT ms0:\psp\game\dosbox
  
Curses. I just spent half an hour writing a quick guide for beginners and when I tried to save it crashed.  Well here is a 15 minute guide anyway.  I got DOSBox running after downloading the version with the Navigator and Dosbox INCLUDED with it (Meaning you only need this download) (Made by BorgQueenX and Murdock) here. http://www.qj.net/psp/homebrew-emulators/simple-dosbox-navigator-dos-navigator-for-autobooting-keymapping-files.html
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You can change the frameskip in your dosbox.conf by searching for "frameskip=". If you set it too high, you will get graphical errors, but it could give you that last push to let a game be playable.
  
I found Murdock's guide, which is very helpful, link: http://en.kendincos.net/video-ftphjfl-dosbox-tutorial-how-to-install-gravis-ultrasound-drivers-in-windows-95.html
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If you add keyhint=true to your dosbox.conf it will show the list of possible keyboard button whenever you a combo key.
  
To install DOSBox, unrar the download you just got and put it into your PSP's root directory.  That is to say, just the drive (X:/)Removable Drive, etc.
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You can press Left trigger + Right trigger + Select + Dpad Down to switch between your keypad settings, and the keyboard entry method.  
  
Then you can run DOSBox from the PSP's menu under Games, as with other Homebrew.  If your version is working DOSbox will have an icon and a background.  Launch that, and if it works you get a nicely laid out Navigator window where you can move with the mouse and click left/right with the triggers.
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You can press Left trigger + Right trigger + Start + Dpad Down to switch between your keypad settings and joystick mode.
  
A few notes I found helpful.
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Dosbox automatically mounts *X:\dosbox as C:\.  So if you install a game to believe it is in C:\Games\_Game_, it is really in *X:\dosbox\Games\_Game_
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== LINKS ==
*is your PSP drive letter.
 
  
Batch files help you mount drives such as CD-Rom and floppy, Image files, etc.  Read about that in Murdock's guide. 
 
  
Num-pad symbol for mapping is n#
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For help in mounting folders as a HD, floppies, and cd's check out [[MOUNT]]
You can map over the trigger buttons, but I'm not sure how to re-map mouse keys. 
 
  
I hope someone can expand on this or give us a better understanding of keymapping.  I also want to thank CrazyC for doing this, and I'd love to see more.
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For help in mounting images as a HD, floppies, or CD's check out [[IMGMOUNT]]

Latest revision as of 02:24, 15 January 2013

PSP DOSBOX

The psp is a handheld device designed by Sony and released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005. When it was released in japan, running firmware version 1.00, the device wasn't "locked down". IE it would run unsigned code. Due to this, and various other flaws found the the PSP's system OS, the homebrew community has been quite strong. This has led to many opensource projects being started aimed at the PSP. There has also been a few ports as well, from Ffmpeg to our beloved Dosbox.

Unfortunately, as the PSP successor the Vita has been released, this "scene" has dwindled down quite a bit. As such the port of Dosbox is quite old. However, it still runs nicely on every PSP version, as well as the PSP emu on the Vita, if you can run homebrew on your vita.



Using PSPDosBox

Bear in mind that there are a few limitations for using Dosbox on the PSP. The PSP has a limited amount of ram and cpu speed. You will not be able to play everything dosbox can, but there are still quite a few things you can play. The standard PSP has a 333mhz max cpu, and 32mb ram, the slim and go has a 333mhz cpu and 64mb ram, and the vita's emu speed, while not exactly known, is about a 60% faster and 32mb ram. Thus, depending on which model you are using, the speed you will get will vary.

To get it installed is quite simple. First you need a copy of the program, which you can find here: [1]. You can also find a very good pdf there under the FAQ, as well as a short compatibility list. Once you have the files extraced you just copy over your PSPDosbox folder to /psp/game/, or where ever you have your homebrew. Go to Dosbox on your PSP, and click it and you are running DOS on your PSP.

However, runing DOS by itself is no fun, you need some programs and games. PSPDosbox has it’s conf file in the Dosbox folder. By default ms0:/psp/game/dosbox as C. However, if you want you can edit that to anywhere you want. Once you have that set up how you like it, copy over your dos programs to said folder.

It is also advisable to create a bat file to launch your program, as the psp’s buttons are quite limited, and it can be a chore to use it without first setting your keys. To set the keys you use “INPUTMAP PSPKEY keyboard key “. So if you were to, say, map the up key on your psp to the up on the keyboard you would have “INPUTMAP up up”. You can set this up to anything you like, but the default settings are:

INPUTMAP up up

INPUTMAP right right

INPUTMAP down down

INPUTMAP left left

INPUTMAP triangle d

INPUTMAP square lshift

INPUTMAP cross lctrl

INPUTMAP circle lalt



Important bits

Windows 3.11 can not be installed on the psp. A maximum of 10 files can be open at the same time, and the windows install needs many more. As such the best way to get windows 3.11 on your psp would be to load up the install in dosbox on your computer, install it, and then copy over the windows folder. Windows 95 and 98 also "can" be done this way, but they are extremely slow, not that Win 3.11 isn't.

You can change the sensitivity of your nub by editing the sensitivity= settings in your dosbox.conf

When typing out locations in your dosbox.conf always use a forward slash "/" PSPDosbox doesn't rec a backslash "\" So you would do ms0:/psp/game/dosbox and NOT ms0:\psp\game\dosbox

You can change the frameskip in your dosbox.conf by searching for "frameskip=". If you set it too high, you will get graphical errors, but it could give you that last push to let a game be playable.

If you add keyhint=true to your dosbox.conf it will show the list of possible keyboard button whenever you a combo key.

You can press Left trigger + Right trigger + Select + Dpad Down to switch between your keypad settings, and the keyboard entry method.

You can press Left trigger + Right trigger + Start + Dpad Down to switch between your keypad settings and joystick mode.


LINKS

For help in mounting folders as a HD, floppies, and cd's check out MOUNT

For help in mounting images as a HD, floppies, or CD's check out IMGMOUNT