Inverse ATASCII<p>Nice, the latest <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DOSBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBOX</span></a>-X for Apple M silicon Macs finally added the SDL component for networking. Now the COM ports work! Using <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ProcommPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProcommPlus</span></a> to dial into Darkforce <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> as a test and it worked great!</p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@timixretroplays" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timixretroplays</span></a></span> yeah, I guess this shows <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> build this before businesses started upgrading tech.</p><p>I wished DM&P / ICOP would increase production or that there was an easier way to get other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> SBCs from like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> (remember when they made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CUP</span></a>|s?) or some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> variants from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a>.</p><ul><li><p>Cuz I was shure some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntelAtom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntelAtom</span></a> SoC's and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMDGseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMDGseries</span></a> APUs do have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> support as they use quite older process nodes and microarchitectures.</p></li><li><p>But for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> system, that is quite a bottleneck to work on when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BareMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BareMetal</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DOSBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBOX</span></a> or similar do work well, but they don't provide the necessary I/O for a lot of use-cases.</p><ul><li>I was looking at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104Plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104Plus</span></a> (for my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiny486</span></a> <a href="http://github.com/os-1337/tiny486" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">project</a>) which just adds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> on the opposite side of the board to the ISA pins but otherwise retains <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104</span></a> compatibility.</li></ul><p>Maybe you can drop in a different <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> which also has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a>?</p><ul><li>I know there are also <a href="https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86EX2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vortex86EX2</a> and others that may be an option...</li></ul>
★Pope Miller the Defondor<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@dfx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dfx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Das_blaue_Pony" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Das_blaue_Pony</span></a></span> Naja, für mich ist das kein Problem mehr. Ich bin seit rund 20 Jahren weg von Windows.</p><p>Seit einigen Wochen vergnüge ich mich momentan damit, alte DOS-Games in der <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> unter <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> zu zocken.</p><p>Hab inzwischen aus dem Netz knapp 10 Pinballgames als Vollversion gefunden, von denen ich vor ~35 Jahren vielleicht mal eine Shareware-Version hatte. Da kommt Nostalgie und Begeisterung auf! 😄</p>
Richard Orilla :mastodon:<p>10 days left in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/summersale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summersale</span></a>! For those of you enjoying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a> games from GOG, if you didn't know, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosboxstaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosboxstaging</span></a> offers a much better experience than the default <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a>.</p><p>I also wrote a tool to seamlessly replace it for you when playing on gog galaxy: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/dbstgrplcr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/dbstgrplcr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosgaming</span></a></p>
DOSBox Staging<p>LucasArts games emulator DREAMM 4.0 is in beta and it's time to give it some more attention.<br>Run all retro LucasArts games on Linux/Mac/Windows.<br>If you want to help and especially if you are a fan of any of the games below, please try them out.</p><p>NEW network feature in 4.0!<br>Play cross-platform against each other!</p><p>Outlaws<br>Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight<br>Mysteries of the Sith<br>X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter<br>X-Wing Alliance<br>Rebellion<br>Star Wars: Racer</p><p><a href="https://dreamm.aarongiles.com/beta" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dreamm.aarongiles.com/beta</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/vMRXAfKH" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/vMRXAfKH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulation</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Win98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win98</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Win95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win95</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a>-DOS <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Lucasfilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lucasfilm</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Adventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adventures</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Shaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shaders</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RolandMT32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RolandMT32</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RolandSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RolandSC</span></a>-55 <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/86box" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>86box</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/PCem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCem</span></a></p>
Zweiter Detektiv<p>DOS box simply rocks - you can't get any closer to the original when playing DOS games 💯 👍 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shwcwt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shwcwt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blucwt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blucwt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hlcowt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hlcowt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosgames</span></a></p>
Twig<p>And we're waiting <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/win31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>win31</span></a></p>
Twig<p>No idea what games are on here <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/win31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>win31</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a></p>
Johan van der Knijff<p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Multiplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplan</span></a> is a spreadsheet application that was developed by Microsoft in the '80s. My latest blog post shows how to emulate this ancient spreadsheet format in <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a>-X.</p><p>It also discusses compatibility with modern software, and in particular <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/calc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calc</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://bitsgalore.org/2025/05/19/emulating-microsoft-multiplan-spreadsheets-in-dosbox-x.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bitsgalore.org/2025/05/19/emul</span><span class="invisible">ating-microsoft-multiplan-spreadsheets-in-dosbox-x.html</span></a></p>
Aldi80s 🇯🇵 アルディ<p>WOLFENSTEIN 3D<br>Playing right now in 2025. Using DOS-Box under Linux Mints</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRomero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRomero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnCarmack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnCarmack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wolfenstein3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wolfenstein3D</span></a></p>
hatniX<p>[LIVE] with „Die Siedler 2“.<br>Nach dem mißglückten Versuch mit Widelands am letzten Sonntag spielen wir heute halt das Original aus dem Jahr 1996. Wuseln wie vor 30 Jahren!<br><a href="https://live.hatnix.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">live.hatnix.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Owncast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Owncast</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Livestream</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hatclan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatclan</span></a></p>
DOSBox Staging<p>DOSBox Staging v0.82.1 has been released 🥳 </p><p>The main focus of this maintenance release is to fix a couple of regressions introduced in 0.82.0 and older releases, mostly related to game compatibility. The other big improvement is the CPU usage of the 3dfx Voodoo emulation has been reduced by about 50%, so your computer won’t go into hoover-mode anymore when playing those Voodoo games 😎 </p><p>check out the release notes for the details:<br><a href="https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/release-notes/0.82.1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dosbox-staging.org/releases/re</span><span class="invisible">lease-notes/0.82.1/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOSGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a>-DOS <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulation</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/MacGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a></p>
OldCoderSee the attached screenshot. This is Microsoft <a class="hashtag" href="https://dansu.org/tag/word" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Word</a> 5.5 for <a class="hashtag" href="https://dansu.org/tag/dos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOS</a> running in <a class="hashtag" href="https://dansu.org/tag/dosbox" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOSBox</a> 0.74-3. For the moment, the installer can be obtained from:<br><br><a href="https://archive.org/download/msword5.5/Wd55_ben.exe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://archive.org/download/msword5.5/Wd55_ben.exe</a><br><br>To install, run "Wd55_ben.exe" and then "SETUP.EXE" [which the first EXE should create].<br><br>"Wd55_ben.exe" has a glitch where it's apparently supposed to restore a directory structure, but fails to do so. The result is roughly a dozen messages similar to the following:<br><br>Warning: HPDJ.PR$ already exists. Overwrite (y/n) ?<br><br>However, when "SETUP.EXE" is done, you should have the working program shown in the screenshot.<br><br>The screenshot indicates that the program supports images. However, not, it appears, JPEG files. You might need to convert JPEG files to Postscript to use them in this setup.
Sheridan<p>I gave Windows 3.11 a dark mode. It's practically a modern OS now. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/windows3x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows3x</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dosbox_x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox_x</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vetgaming" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vetgaming</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxmint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxmint</span></a></span> Well, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> wants to avoid using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> (and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a>) by basically switching <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> <code>WINEENV</code>s and underlying configs, making everythibg too youbg for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DOSBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBOX</span></a> but too old for current day Wine (ca. 1995-2005) just work.</p><ul><li>Including a lot of obsure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Software2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software2000</span></a>-released titles like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PizzaSyndicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PizzaSyndicate</span></a>...</li></ul><p>This is crucial, as Support of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> is drying up pretty quickly.</p><p>She does have a dedicaded machine just to reverse-engineer stuff.</p>
Mike Piontek<p>I made a little utility that makes it easy to switch between different DOSBox configurations on a Mac. Should work with any variation of DOSBox including regular, DOSBox-X, DOSBox Staging. I find it incredibly helpful. I mostly made it for me but if you’d find it useful let me know! <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a></p>
Peter Guhl<p>Ich veröffentliche jetzt offiziell mein 1992 geschriebenes <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Computerspiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerspiel</span></a> "Handel". Gerade habe ich es für <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a>-X überarbeitet, angepasst, erweitert, korrigiert und <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bugs</span></a> gefixt.<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Game</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Handel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handel</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Handelssimulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handelssimulation</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Privateer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privateer</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> II, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indiegame</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.chabis.ch/games/handel.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">chabis.ch/games/handel.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.chabis.ch/webordner/quellcodes/SPIELE_HANDEL.zip" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chabis.ch/webordner/quellcodes</span><span class="invisible">/SPIELE_HANDEL.zip</span></a></p>
The Last Psion | Alex<p>Someone asked me some questions on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a> Series 3, so I thought I'd post my response here in case anyone else is interested. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/LongRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongRead</span></a> </p><p><strong>Emulator</strong></p><p>You've got two options. The first is the original "emulators" written by Psion, <code>S3AEMUL.EXE</code> and <code>S3CEMUL.EXE</code>. They both run in DOS and emulate the 3a and 3c. But they're less of an emulator than a runtime environment for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/EPOC16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPOC16</span></a> (the OS). There's good and bad to this. You can run <code>S3AEMUL</code> and <code>S3CEMUL</code> straight in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> and it will talk to your host OS's filesystem (Windows, Linux, macOS, whatever). You need to map an M: drive in DOSBox for the internal storage, but once that's done you can copy files straight into that folder on your host OS. The downside is that it's not true hardware emulation. You won't get a good judge of the speed of a real device, and some syscalls aren't implements so will fail or crash the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulator</span></a>. They're bundled with the SDK (see below).</p><p>The alternative is <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MAME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAME</span></a>. This is the closest to proper hardware emulation you're going to find. You can either dump your own ROMs using a tool called <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/EDisAsm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDisAsm</span></a>, or you can find them in the usual MAME ROM repos. The one thing that is notably missing is RS232 emulation from the later models, because we haven't been able to find any documentation on the silicon, but it's working fine with the 3a.</p><p><strong>Toolchain</strong></p><p>At the moment you have only one option - the Psion SIBO C SDK with the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TopSpeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopSpeed</span></a> C Compiler. You're going to need DOSBox (I personally prefer DOSBox Staging). It's all available on the Internet Archive in one easy download, including all the documentation you will need.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/psion-sibo-c-sdk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/psion-sibo</span><span class="invisible">-c-sdk</span></a></p><p>From there, you have a few libraries you can use. There CLIB, which is a pure ANSI C implementation, designed to easily port apps - don't use it, it's slow and you'll be missing a lot of features. Then there's PLIB, which is Psion's C dialect - very nice to use, and you can put together a C app pretty quickly. Finally, there's OLIB, which is Psion's proprietary OO C - it feels very clunky, but once you get over that it can be very powerful.</p><p>EPOC16 apps are restricted to a very pure version of the small memory model, but you can split code up into libraries known as DYLs.</p><p>In the past I've written code using VS Code, which can be made to play nicely with the SDK's header files. I've not got it working with NeoVim and clangd yet, but it should be possible with cmake.</p><p>The SDK comes with a debugger (<code>SDBG.EXE</code>), a DOS GUI app. If you run <code>SDBG.EXE</code> in DOSBox Staging, run the <code>Psion3a</code> MAME emulation, and enable RS232 over TCP on both, you can use <code>SDBG</code> to send apps to MAME. If you enable symbols, you can step through the code. It's rudimentary by modern standards, but it works pretty well.</p><p>I say "at the moment" because I'm slowly rewriting the tools in the SDK. I already have a new working version of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CTRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTRAN</span></a>, the preprocessor for Psion OO C, but I'm a long way from a compiler. There have been efforts to coax gcc into compiling for SIBO/EPOC16, but I think they have stalled for now.</p><p>If you want some examples of EPOC16 C and OO C code, take a look at these:<br><a href="https://github.com/thelastpsion/edisasm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/thelastpsion/edisas</span><span class="invisible">m</span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/thelastpsion/pyramid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/thelastpsion/pyrami</span><span class="invisible">d</span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/thelastpsion/nfsc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/thelastpsion/nfsc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/nickmat/Psion3-Wari" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/nickmat/Psion3-Wari</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/nickmat/Psion3-Vector" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nickmat/Psion3-Vect</span><span class="invisible">or</span></a></p><p><strong>Device</strong></p><p>The 3mx is the best choice. It's significantly faster than the earlier models (27.6 MHz vs 7.6 MHz), has a switchable backlight, the fastest RS232 and the best version of EPOC16. I "daily drive" one for journalling, adventure games, and a few other small tasks. After that I'd say the 3c (beware - they were covered in soft-touch rubber, so will need cleaning) and the 2MB 3a. The latter is the most common. Most 3c units came with a backlight, except for the early UK ones. The 3a doesn't. Arguably the non-backlit screens have better contrast so you don't need the backlight so much in lower light, but the backlight has obvious benefits.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/16bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>16bit</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Cranking Up the Detail in a Flight Simulator from 1992 - Nostalgia is a funny thing. If you experienced the early days of video games in th... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/cranking-up-the-detail-in-a-flight-simulator-from-1992/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/05/cranki</span><span class="invisible">ng-up-the-detail-in-a-flight-simulator-from-1992/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flightsimulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flightsimulator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwarehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hexeditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hexeditor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/debugger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debugger</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/patch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patch</span></a></p>
TribesmanJohn 🇦🇺🌏👨🏼💻📷<p>Hey Hivemind, what are some must have apps and games for Windows 3.11? :) </p><p>(Already enjoying After Dark, Johnny Castaway, Sinksub)</p><p>Having some Nostalgia time with Dosbox….</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dosbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosbox</span></a></p>
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