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Amiga port of DOSBox

   Author:       NovaCoder
   Uploader:     novacoder yahoo co uk
   Type:         misc/emu
   Version:      0.74.034
   Replaces:     misc/emu/DOSBox_AGA_060.lha
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.1.0
   Distribution: Aminet
   Kurz:         Amiga Portierung von DOSBox
   Date:         2024-04-05
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/misc/emu/DOSBox_AGA.readme
   Downloads:    4232

http://aminet.net/misc/emu/DOSBox_AGA.lha

Overview:

Amiga 68k port of DosBox v0.74.

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very

easy to port to different platforms.

DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows,

BeOS, Linux, MacOS and AmigaOS.

Unfortunately this special optimized 68k port is still very slow on real

classic hardware.

Requirements:

1) An AGA Amiga.

2) 68060 processor or better.

3) 64 MB of RAM.

4) AHI installed and configured (see links section below).

5) CAMD library installed and configured for native MIDI playback (see links

section below).

6) Some old PC games or demos.

Features:

* SDL based port

* Native MIDI support (CAMD)

* AHI Sound support

Configuration Options:

The 'closewb' setting can be used to close the Workbench.

The 'displaytype' setting can be used to set your display mode (PAL or NTSC).

When running from the Shell you must specify a stack of at least 300,000.

The AHI device used will be the one configured in your AHI Prefs (Unit 0).

You will need to install the CAMD library if you want to use an external MIDI

device.

The DOSBox log file will tell you which core it is actually using (may be

different to the config setting).

Performance Considerations:

1) The number of cycles you set for the CPU emulation is critical, too high

will stall the emulation.

2) The fastest core to use is 'simple' but it's also the least compatible and

may crash.

3) If you have a Blizzard you should really be using BlizKick, Apollo users

should be using RemApollo.

4) Fast File System isn't, use PFS3 instead.

5) Use v4.18 of AHI as the later versions are too slow on real hardware

6) If you are using Paula, stick with the 'FAST' 8 bit Mono/Stereo++ modes for

(AHI prefs).

7) A 16 bit sound card *might* be faster with a 16 bit mode (AHI prefs).

Limitations:

1) No network support.

2) No physical CDROM support.

Version History:

0.74.009 - Initial release.

0.74.010 - Added back support for 486/586 CPU emulation.

0.74.011 - Fixed up mouse handling (SDL fix).

0.74.012 - Fixed timing issue (SDL fix), added joystick support.

0.74.013 - Mouse handling updates (SDL fix).

0.74.014 - Fixed native MIDI support.

0.74.032 - Added support for ISO images which can now be mounted.

0.74.034 - Updated mouse capture.

Links:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=96151 (DOSBox thread on EAB)

https://www.dosbox.com (DOSBox page)

http://aminet.net/package/driver/audio/ahiusr_4.18 (AHI Audio system)

http://aminet.net/package/mus/edit/camd (Commodore Amiga Midi Driver)

Thanks and acknowledgements:

The DOSBox team!

Contents of misc/emu/DOSBox_AGA.lha

PERMISSION  UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP     NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ ----------
[unknown]               887214 2528836  35.1% -lh5- f9f0 Apr  3 18:06 DOSBox/DOSBox
[unknown]                 3264    8558  38.1% -lh5- 3a4f Oct  4  2022 DOSBox/dosbox-0.74.conf
[unknown]                  673    1085  62.0% -lh5- 10e8 Mar  4  2019 DOSBox/dosbox-0.74.conf.info
[unknown]                10884   15693  69.4% -lh5- 9a86 Oct  4  2022 DOSBox/DOSBox.info
[unknown]                 1505    2938  51.2% -lh5- 51b5 Apr  3 18:32 DOSBox/DOSBox.readme
[unknown]                 1862    2808  66.3% -lh5- a417 Mar  4  2019 DOSBox/DOSBox.readme.info
[unknown]                  730    2528  28.9% -lh5- 8845 Jan 14  1980 DOSBox/mapper-0.74.map
[unknown]                11819   32130  36.8% -lh5- f56b May 10  2010 DOSBox/news
[unknown]                22765   63204  36.0% -lh5- fced May 10  2010 DOSBox/readme
[unknown]                  542    1001  54.1% -lh5- 9d42 May 10  2010 DOSBox/thanks
[unknown]                  208     276  75.4% -lh5- d97e May 10  2010 DOSBox/authors
[unknown]                 7118   18332  38.8% -lh5- d1a6 May 10  2010 DOSBox/copying
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ ----------
 Total        12 files  948584 2677389  35.4%            Apr  6 01:27