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Amiga port of DOSBox

   Author:       NovaCoder
   Uploader:     novacoder yahoo co uk
   Type:         misc/emu
   Version:      0.74.034
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.1.0
   Distribution: Aminet
   Kurz:         Amiga Portierung von DOSBox
   Date:         2024-04-03
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/misc/emu/DOSBox_RTG_060.readme
   Downloads:    39

http://aminet.net/misc/emu/DOSBox_RTG_060.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 RTG 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

* Fullscreen and window mode support

Configuration Options:

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

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).

Press ALT+ENTER to switch between fullscreen and windowed mode.

Press CTRL+m to toggle mouse capture when running in a window.

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).

8) Running in a window with an 8 bit screen mode will be slower.

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.

0.74.016 - Recompiled for 060, minor performance increase.

0.74.018 - Fixed window title.

0.74.019 - Stability fixes.

0.74.020 - Slight performance increase.

0.74.024 - Fixed mouse capture.

0.74.026 - Fixed keyboardlayout config option, added support for

ISO images which can now be mounted.

0.74.027 - Updated mouse capture.

0.74.028 - Updated compiler optimizations.

0.74.029 - SDL fixes for 8 bit window mode.

0.74.030 - Updated window mode and input capture handling.

0.74.031 - Stack check added.

0.74.032 - Updated configuration file.

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_RTG_060.lha

PERMISSION  UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP     NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ ----------
[unknown]               888471 2530384  35.1% -lh5- c08b Apr  3 18:12 DOSBox/DOSBox
[unknown]                 3217    8445  38.1% -lh5- 009e 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]                10885   15708  69.3% -lh5- 61f1 Oct  4  2022 DOSBox/DOSBox.info
[unknown]                 1704    3481  49.0% -lh5- ec10 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  949994 2679382  35.5%            Apr  3 13:49

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