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It would be a pity if dosemu would die, either by the present conflict among the developers
You probably meant a past conflict. It is long-time over with an apparent consequences. What is still missing is only an "official" anouncement about these consequences to help people (including distributors) make their minds straight. We all can see the development stopped, but it will help a lot if this is said explicitly or refuted, so that people can think what to do next.
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or by neglect by the major distributions.
That tradition comes from an older times when dosemu used to urge the users to run it as root, when the dosemu.org's page had a jokes about RedHat (calling it "Colored Cap") etc. And now the non-portable software doesn't rate by distributors at all.
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There are many legacy DOS programs out there which are still actively used.
Have you evaluated dosbox? I did - works for games, doesn't work for work (lacks serial port emulation which I need).
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Hello.
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It would be a pity if dosemu would die, either by the present conflict among the developers [..]
You probably meant a past conflict. It is long-time over [..]
That is good news.
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missing is only an "official" anouncement about these consequences to help people (including distributors) make their minds straight. We all can see the development stopped, but it will help a lot if this is said explicitly or refuted, so that people can think what to do next.
I am a bit confused. Will development continue (including incorporating your new sound system) or not?
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Have you evaluated dosbox? I did - works for games, doesn't work for work (lacks serial port emulation which I need).
My impression is that dosbox can run any program -- but only one program at the time. You do not get a complete DOS system in which you can switch between different programs. E.g. Fixed Disk Organizer does not work. It is nor "for work" indeed.
Still, dosbox is an excellent program. It even runs those amazing "demo scene" programs from the early 90's, like "Amnesia" (still available from e.g. http://www.mindcandydvd.com/demos). For games, dosbox is fine. And of course it is portable.
Regards, Jan
Hello.
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You probably meant a past conflict. It is long-time over [..]
That is good news.
Hmm. The result of that conflict was my quit and the development stop. Probably not very good. But that's the past.
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I am a bit confused. Will development continue (including incorporating your new sound system) or not?
That's what I'd like to find out too. Since I have not been able to replace dosemu with dosbox at work, and since I now have the amd64 boxes both at home and at work, I need the reliable x86_64 port (no, the current one doesn't suit me at all). To decide whether to start working on it on my own, I need to know this first.
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Still, dosbox is an excellent program. It even runs those amazing "demo scene" programs from the early 90's, like "Amnesia" (still
Doesn't run under dosemu even with the sound patch?
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Still, dosbox is an excellent program. It even runs those amazing "demo scene" programs from the early 90's, like "Amnesia" [..]
Doesn't run under dosemu even with the sound patch?
It refuses to start. Other "demos" simply crash dosemu.
Regards, Jan