Re: [Freedos-user] Emulation

2020-06-26 Thread Jim Hall
It also looks like vDosPlus (http://vdosplus.org/) is Windows-only. The installer is a Windows "Setup" program, and the link to the source code says "Full Source code [To be built with Microsoft Visual Studio, ZIP package]" The vDosPlus website also mentions this about history, which goes some way

Re: [Freedos-user] Emulation

2020-06-26 Thread dmccunney
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 4:19 PM Alvah Whealton wrote: > > Please forgive this post for straying from the topic of Freedos, itself. It > relates to the subject of DOS emulation, as aspects of that subject are > frequently addressed here. And elaborating on my previous comments. there are native

Re: [Freedos-user] Emulation

2020-06-26 Thread dmccunney
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 4:19 PM Alvah Whealton wrote: > Would someone be willing to do this old man a favor by taking the time to > explain, at a conceptual level, what VDOS-PLUS is doing that DOSBOX does not > do? I am not a coder. The difference between vDOS Plus and DOSBox is mostly in wha

Re: [Freedos-user] Emulation

2020-06-26 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Al, while I do not know vdos, given that you use Linux, you may want to give dosemu2 a try: > https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2 > https://code.launchpad.net/~dosemu2/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Regards, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Emulation

2020-06-26 Thread Alvah Whealton
Please forgive this post for straying from the topic of Freedos, itself. It relates to the subject of DOS emulation, as aspects of that subject are frequently addressed here. One such emulator is DOSBOX. I was pleased enough to come across it quite a few years ago, even though I have very little

Re: [Freedos-user] Temu Soundblaster Emulator

2020-06-26 Thread Bret Johnson
> Not sure why JLM also needs it, but I guess it > is part of your plans to port VSB together with some USB sound > driver to some JEMM JLM? No, it's just because the JLM/JLOAD structure > already supports I/O virtualization. To add "generic" I/O support (via INT > 2F.4A15) I had to change the w

Re: [Freedos-user] Temu Soundblaster Emulator

2020-06-26 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bret, cool to hear that you have already started to add the I/O trap API to JEMM! :-) Not sure why JLM also needs it, but I guess it is part of your plans to port VSB together with some USB sound driver to some JEMM JLM? ;-) I think USB serial would be cool, even when you only support access

Re: [Freedos-user] Temu Soundblaster Emulator

2020-06-26 Thread Bret Johnson
Just FYI, it is at least theoretically possible to do SB virtualization in DOS using USB devices. It's on my list of things to get around to someday in my scant free time. But, SB virtualization would require I/O virtualization which is currently only available with the aid of MS EMM386 or 386M

Re: [Freedos-user] Temu Soundblaster Emulator

2020-06-26 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! For reference, there is a mirror of the original VSB here: http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/by-others/ > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/by-others/dos-virtual-soundblaster--vsb202.zip > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/by-others/dos-vi

Re: [Freedos-user] Temu Soundblaster Emulator

2020-06-26 Thread Jim Hall
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 6:11 AM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > > "VSB is a Virtual SoundBlaster - emulator of the digital audio > > SoundBlaster card. > > It works in most DOS games with digital sound." > > ... > > > If there is a software driver that can emulate a SoundBlaster from > > within DO