[Freedos-user] Emulating FreeDOS

Hi! Please if you find this topic too Offtopic, please tell me, I won't insist. Have you tried Qemu? I have been using it without problems before I tried to configure the network. - Network Basically, Qemu have two options (RTL8139 and NE2000 ISA). Do you use any of those under Qemu? RTL8139 w

[Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

Dear friends: I usually use VirtualBox, but as Jack said, it didn't emulate well some old hardware. Which one should I use? QEMU, some VMware "gratis". I need SB16 and network emulation, controlling CPU cycles (I don't want to burn my PC) Thanks in advance, BCPino Gino P.S. Please I don't wan

Re: [Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, quick reply (as it takes too long to think things like this > through, it's a complicated question), > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM, the bcpino wrote: >> >> I usually use VirtualBox, but as Jack said, it didn't

[Freedos-user] Making fdapm-aware programs

Hi people: Is there a way to add code to make old QB45-compiled programs aware of fdapm? A simple INKEY$ sends the computer use from 3%-4% to 100% !!! I know there is a newer FreeBASIC, but I can't compile some sources inside FB yet. Thaks in advance, BCPino Gino --

[Freedos-user] VMware - increase text fonts

Hi! I am using FreeDOS under VMware Player 4.0.2, my problem is that host machine is a 17" monitor 1080p, which means, the 80x25 windows is too small. Is there any way to increase fonts size? 1. Using full screen doesn't stretch the text screen, I still have the same size with black borders 2. I

[Freedos-user] OT: Good discussion groups for ASM, C or C++

Hello! Excuse me if I write to this list with this OT. I am learning to write code in DOS assembler (nasm and jwasm, mostly). I know this group is EXCELLENT for DOS users old a new, but not that much for DOS developers (sorry just my opinion, there may be another one related to this one) What ab

[Freedos-user] OT: Howto debug DOS programs

I've been using FreeDOS for a while and it works great. I'd like to write an Intel HDA driver for SCI games (Sierra quests). Ok, they work great under Dosbox, but I still prefer using plain DOS. I consider myself a good programmer, but I've never made any low-level programming or debug DOS progra

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: Howto debug DOS programs

Hi Eric! Thanks for your answer! > > I'd like to write an Intel HDA driver for SCI games (Sierra quests). > > Ok, they work great under Dosbox, but I still prefer using plain DOS. > > You could at least use dosemu :-p Much faster :-) > I'll try it, but I still want plain DOS. > > > I conside