[newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
Hi, Here's something that looks interesting: [ 868395 ] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition Released http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395group_id=49784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? If anyone wants to try it, the direct link for it is http://dosemu-stable.sourceforge.net/packages/dosemu-stable-2003.tar.gz. I've tried it, and I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone had any experience with this program? It works so far on some old DOS games, like Warcraft II, although my Timidity patch set makes the MIDI sound bad. 2) Are there any packages (rpms) available for it, maybe on cooker? I haven't found any on rpmfind.net. It'd be a bit simpler to just get urpmi to automatically update it. TIA! Regards, boulanger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
On Thursday 01 January 2004 08:52, boulanger wrote: Hi, Here's something that looks interesting: [ 868395 ] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition Released http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395gro up_id=49784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? If anyone wants to try it, the direct link for it is http://dosemu-stable.sourceforge.net/packages/dosemu-stable-2003.ta r.gz. You may like to put a short entry on the SoftwareIssues page, under a heading DOS Emulator, stating the above, and with a disclaimer that at the moment you cannot say how well it works with Mandrake 9.x. Then you can add to the entry when you have more info. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
On Thursday 01 January 2004 09:52, boulanger wrote: Hi, Here's something that looks interesting: [ 868395 ] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition Released http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395group_id=49 784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? If anyone wants to try it, the direct link for it is http://dosemu-stable.sourceforge.net/packages/dosemu-stable-2003.tar.gz. I've tried it, and I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone had any experience with this program? It works so far on some old DOS games, like Warcraft II, although my Timidity patch set makes the MIDI sound bad. 2) Are there any packages (rpms) available for it, maybe on cooker? I haven't found any on rpmfind.net. It'd be a bit simpler to just get urpmi to automatically update it. TIA! Regards, boulanger Isn't this the same as dosbox which is in contribs? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 01 January 2004 09:52, boulanger wrote: Hi, Here's something that looks interesting: [ 868395 ] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition Released http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395group_id=49 784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? If anyone wants to try it, the direct link for it is http://dosemu-stable.sourceforge.net/packages/dosemu-stable-2003.tar.gz. I've tried it, and I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone had any experience with this program? It works so far on some old DOS games, like Warcraft II, although my Timidity patch set makes the MIDI sound bad. 2) Are there any packages (rpms) available for it, maybe on cooker? I haven't found any on rpmfind.net. It'd be a bit simpler to just get urpmi to automatically update it. TIA! Regards, boulanger Isn't this the same as dosbox which is in contribs? No dosbox is geared mainly for games. dosemu still needs dos to run it usually comes with freedos. Aaron Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 03:52, boulanger wrote: Hi, Here's something that looks interesting: [ 868395 ] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition Released http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395group_id=49784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? If anyone wants to try it, the direct link for it is http://dosemu-stable.sourceforge.net/packages/dosemu-stable-2003.tar.gz. I've tried it, and I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone had any experience with this program? It works so far on some old DOS games, like Warcraft II, although my Timidity patch set makes the MIDI sound bad. 2) Are there any packages (rpms) available for it, maybe on cooker? I haven't found any on rpmfind.net. It'd be a bit simpler to just get urpmi to automatically update it. TIA! Regards, boulanger Q1: I've had experience with dosemu, but not the latest version. I followed your link and downloaded it because I am very interested in this. With this version, I hope they have included all the other patches that have made dosemu useful for some time, but for some reason have continued to make the users download and install themselves instead of integrating them into the main tree. This has been a source of frustration. Q2: There is a version of dosemu on the Mandrake Club rpm download area, and I believe it is regularly petitioned to be packaged into a club rpm by the contributors. However I don't know if this particular version of Dosemu has been packaged as rpm. There are alot of packages on Mandrake Club that are not shown on rpmfind.net; this makes Mandrake Club a value added service. But anyway, I digress; if you do have a club membership, you can browse the Club rpm base and check contribs for the dosemu version. I would do it myself, but Christmas has made me a little late for renewing my membership. :( LX -- ° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Howard Dean is convincing evidence that the Lord supports George W. Bush. ---Dick Morris *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dosemu-stable 2003 Edition
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:00 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 01 January 2004 08:52, boulanger wrote: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=868395gro up_id=49784atid=457447 Should I put this (dosemu-stable) on the twiki? You may like to put a short entry on the SoftwareIssues page, under a heading DOS Emulator, stating the above, and with a disclaimer that at the moment you cannot say how well it works with Mandrake 9.x. Then you can add to the entry when you have more info. Sorry, that makes three questions :). Maybe we should wait for some more feedback first before posting anything (I hope I'm not erring too much on the side of caution). On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:27 am, Aaron wrote: H.J.Bathoorn wrote: Isn't this the same as dosbox which is in contribs? No dosbox is geared mainly for games. dosemu still needs dos to run it usually comes with freedos. Aaron I think I've come across DOSBox before ... though it's probably an older version. IIRC, it truly emulates DOS, which means you can pretty much run it anywhere - there's even windoze binaries, but it means it's quite slower than dosemu-stable. From their October 15th news article at http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 the current cpu emulation speed probably won't let you run them at decent speeds On the positive side, it's great for Adlib! Dark Ages works, albeitly a bit slower, and I've heard that MIDI might be just a tad easier to configure (that might help my Warcraft II). On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 03:37 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Q1: I've had experience with dosemu, but not the latest version. I followed your link and downloaded it because I am very interested in this. With this version, I hope they have included all the other patches that have made dosemu useful for some time, but for some reason have continued to make the users download and install themselves instead of integrating them into the main tree. This has been a source of frustration. I agree :). Hopefully this being hot off the presses means that all of the useful patches of 2003 have been included. But anyway, I digress; if you do have a club membership, you can browse the Club rpm base and check contribs for the dosemu version. I would do it myself, but Christmas has made me a little late for renewing my membership. :( I'm not currently a club member ... atm I'm getting my feet wet in Linux, and so I'm trying to find emulators/replacements so I can get rid of Windows :). On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:11 am, deedee wrote: I have some pages up about dosemu, including some screenshots, since I use it with WordStar at I don't have a copy of WordStar (and I'm not sure it's legal to d/l one), could you please keep us posted on whether it runs on dosemu-stable? Thanks for all your help! boulanger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
