#dosbox — Public Fediverse posts

He instalado DOSBox-X y he conseguido instalar el juego de mi adolescencia que más horas jugué AIV Networks. Ha sido un sueño, porque me lo compré original, me costó 7000 pesetas que ahorré a base de pagas de fin de semana. Una locura, que sonrisa más tonta se me ha puesto hoy.

#dosbox #aiv

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.08.02. https://dosbox-x.com/

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.08.02. https://dosbox-x.com/

Momentan spiele ich ...
🛡️ Gabriel Knight (Sierra 1993)
🕵️‍♂️ Sherlock Holmes The Lost Files (EA 1992)
🏛️ Indy Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts 1992)
🏴‍☠️ Monnkey Island 2 (LucasArts 1991)
🚀 Space Quest 5 (Sierra 1993)
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #lucasarts #sierraonline #sierra #electronicarts #gabrielknight #monkeyisland2 #indianajones #fateofatlantis #spacequest5 #sherlockholmes

Momentan spiele ich ...
🛡️ Gabriel Knight (Sierra 1993)
🕵️‍♂️ Sherlock Holmes The Lost Files (EA 1992)
🏛️ Indy Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts 1992)
🏴‍☠️ Monnkey Island 2 (LucasArts 1991)
🚀 Space Quest 5 (Sierra 1993)
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #lucasarts #sierraonline #sierra #electronicarts #gabrielknight #monkeyisland2 #indianajones #fateofatlantis #spacequest5 #sherlockholmes

Now that I am with my dad in Venezuela, we can finally work on our project from 10 years ago : reverse engineering the Amek Showtime software for Amek Recall consoles. Great progress today, Showtime communicates with the console with #dosbox

Now that I am with my dad in Venezuela, we can finally work on our project from 10 years ago : reverse engineering the Amek Showtime software for Amek Recall consoles. Great progress today, Showtime communicates with the console with #dosbox

Von der Handlung her immer noch mein bevorzugtes 💯 Indiana Jones (TM) Spiel 👍 natürlich im Original EGA 16 Farben Modus 💥
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #lucasfilmgames #lucasfilm #lucasart #ega #indy #indianajones #lastcrusade

Von der Handlung her immer noch mein bevorzugtes 💯 Indiana Jones (TM) Spiel 👍 natürlich im Original EGA 16 Farben Modus 💥
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #lucasfilmgames #lucasfilm #lucasart #ega #indy #indianajones #lastcrusade

Das Schild 🛡️ befindet sich in der Höhle des Kobold-Königs❗
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #sierra #sierraonline #kingsquest #kingsquest1

Das Schild 🛡️ befindet sich in der Höhle des Kobold-Königs❗
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #sierra #sierraonline #kingsquest #kingsquest1

Here is a fresh Ur-LISP for DOS: "SLED - Schemy Lisp en DOS":

https://sled.neocities.org

#RetroProgramming #RetroComputing
#Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang
#DOS #FreeDOS #MSDOS #DOSBox

Here is a fresh Ur-LISP for DOS: "SLED - Schemy Lisp en DOS":

https://sled.neocities.org

#RetroProgramming #RetroComputing
#Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang
#DOS #FreeDOS #MSDOS #DOSBox

Легенда о хардкоре: Duke Nukem 3D, Watcom и FreeBSD

Как утверждают психологи «все проблемы человека происходят из детства» — все что не дали родители в юном возрасте потом обязательно проявит себя во взрослой жизни. В моем, весьма специфическом случае такой нереализованной мечтой детства долгое время оставался.. компилятор Watcom , дорваться до которого удалось лишь спустя почти тридцать лет. Рассказываю об этом удивительном проекте.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/1055488/

#watcom #openwatcom #freebsd #duke3d #ассемблер #dosbox #cpp #хардкор #timeweb_статьи

So, den Spiegel 🪞 habe ich schonmal gefunden; allerdings wird er von einem Drachen 🐲 bewacht❗
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #sierra #sierraonline #kingsquest #kingsquest1

So, den Spiegel 🪞 habe ich schonmal gefunden; allerdings wird er von einem Drachen 🐲 bewacht❗
#gmscwt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames #dosgames #dosbox #dosgaming #sierra #sierraonline #kingsquest #kingsquest1

Street Rod (1989) a correr no #steamdeck usando #dosbox. Memórias de infância desbloqueadas 😅
Tenho de ver que outros clássicos da infância serão abandonware.

https://loops.video/v/gQp_DlAcf3

@occitel : Si vous avez une image de Catacomb Abyss, je suis preneur pour l'enfourner dans mon #dosbox !

Street Rod (1989) no #steamdeck usando #dosbox 😁

I have a pi400 I would like to boot directly into a DOSBox, is there a package ready made for this purpose or would I have to use something like DietPi with some custom magicks to make it play nicely?
#dosbox #raspi #emulation

I have a pi400 I would like to boot directly into a DOSBox, is there a package ready made for this purpose or would I have to use something like DietPi with some custom magicks to make it play nicely?
#dosbox #raspi #emulation

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.07.02. https://dosbox-x.com/

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.07.02. https://dosbox-x.com/

So... #dosbox 0.74 on #macOS has the < and ^ swapped on German keyboards. Is this a known issue? I would love to use the keyboard mapper to swap this, but the keyboard mapper itself never restores its settings (seems kind of broken). Yes, DOSBox-X or Staging or 86box could be an option, but I want to use Vanilla for my Let's Code videos. I used US keyboards so far, so no issue. It is only on German keyboards.
EDIT: Nevermind, it seems the keyboard mapper DOES work. I probably used it incorrectly

So... #dosbox 0.74 on #macOS has the < and ^ swapped on German keyboards. Is this a known issue? I would love to use the keyboard mapper to swap this, but the keyboard mapper itself never restores its settings (seems kind of broken). Yes, DOSBox-X or Staging or 86box could be an option, but I want to use Vanilla for my Let's Code videos. I used US keyboards so far, so no issue. It is only on German keyboards.
EDIT: Nevermind, it seems the keyboard mapper DOES work. I probably used it incorrectly

I am putting all of my DOS projects, questions, and links here in case someone sees this and can help me with one or more of them.
@tspivey I am including you in the discussion because I think 3 will be of special interest to you. Please fee free to untag yourself from this if you don't wish to participate in the discussion. You may also message me privately if you would rather talk that way.

I am a DOS user with a great ambition and also a few questions. Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, so I would either need to find someone who is or to try that vibe coding everyone is talking about. I would rather not do the latter, but I really have no knowledge on the subject, other than as a user of such software.

1. I wish to update an existing screen reader for use with modern versions of DOS. Ideally, though, I would like a modern version to be made fully accessible including installer. I wrote about this here. I am also interested in whether or not a true software synthesizer can be used with DOS, not via Windows. The SoundBlaster sounds interesting, but it might require actual hardware or a specific sort of computer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1ni8l6w/fully_accessible_dos/?solution=502bcfc197a3f4a6502bcfc197a3f4a6&js_challenge=1&token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec49fb20d8ff85bbf021b7afda7224ce2a&jsc_orig_r=

2. In order to do this, I would rather update an existing screen reader than create a new one. It appears that Vispero now owns both JAWS for DOS and Vocal-Eyes, though whether they would make either of them open source I cannot say. I believe the original creator of ASAP, Larry Skutchan, is still alive. I recall writing to him some time ago, long before I had this idea, jhust to see if I could purchase the full version from him. If memory serves, he said he no longer has the software. But perhaps, he would permit me to reverse engineer it and update it. I would never do so without his permission. I know Provox is open source, but it's an extremely complicated system with no menus, etc. No matter what screen reader I use, it would all be open source. I have no interest in making money from this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u8nw93/a_little_history_and_a_question_about_screen/

3. Right now, I am using Talking DosBox and would like to know if there is any way of updating it. It seems that it might be using a version of VreeDOS. When I use the ver command, it says 5.0, but when I start edit, it says something about FreeDOS. I know they're up to version 1.4 right now, which has several improvements, but I'm not sure if this can be upgraded directly in Talking DOSBox or if a new machine must be created. I would love to be able to just use a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation, but I can't install it without speech and don't know how to connnect it to the BNS driver, even if I could. I do have an MS-DOS virtual machine, but I can't get it to work for some reason, either under 32-bit or 64-bit. I installed Com0Com but nothing works. I have a wonderful mp3 with instructions somewhere, but I must find it in my files!

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u5vtxv/talking_dosbox_questions/

4. I am interested in learning QuickBasic 4.5. However, I heard of something called QB64 that can work with Windows XP through 7 and maybe later. I downloaded it, but the ide (interface) is completely inaccessible. I decided to just learn 4.5. for now, because the way to make QB64 work with a native Windows interface is a bit complicated and right now, I just want to start learning and practising. But if anyone can help with creating a native Windows version of QuickBasic (preferably one that works with Windows 7), that would be great!

#accessibility #ASAP #blind #DOS #Dosbox #FreeDOS #JAWS #MS-DOS #programming #Provox #QB64 #QuickBasic #ScreenReaders #SpeechSynthesizers #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare #Vocal-Eyes #Windows7

I am putting all of my DOS projects, questions, and links here in case someone sees this and can help me with one or more of them.
@tspivey I am including you in the discussion because I think 3 will be of special interest to you. Please fee free to untag yourself from this if you don't wish to participate in the discussion. You may also message me privately if you would rather talk that way.

I am a DOS user with a great ambition and also a few questions. Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, so I would either need to find someone who is or to try that vibe coding everyone is talking about. I would rather not do the latter, but I really have no knowledge on the subject, other than as a user of such software.

1. I wish to update an existing screen reader for use with modern versions of DOS. Ideally, though, I would like a modern version to be made fully accessible including installer. I wrote about this here. I am also interested in whether or not a true software synthesizer can be used with DOS, not via Windows. The SoundBlaster sounds interesting, but it might require actual hardware or a specific sort of computer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1ni8l6w/fully_accessible_dos/?solution=502bcfc197a3f4a6502bcfc197a3f4a6&js_challenge=1&token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec49fb20d8ff85bbf021b7afda7224ce2a&jsc_orig_r=

2. In order to do this, I would rather update an existing screen reader than create a new one. It appears that Vispero now owns both JAWS for DOS and Vocal-Eyes, though whether they would make either of them open source I cannot say. I believe the original creator of ASAP, Larry Skutchan, is still alive. I recall writing to him some time ago, long before I had this idea, jhust to see if I could purchase the full version from him. If memory serves, he said he no longer has the software. But perhaps, he would permit me to reverse engineer it and update it. I would never do so without his permission. I know Provox is open source, but it's an extremely complicated system with no menus, etc. No matter what screen reader I use, it would all be open source. I have no interest in making money from this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u8nw93/a_little_history_and_a_question_about_screen/

3. Right now, I am using Talking DosBox and would like to know if there is any way of updating it. It seems that it might be using a version of VreeDOS. When I use the ver command, it says 5.0, but when I start edit, it says something about FreeDOS. I know they're up to version 1.4 right now, which has several improvements, but I'm not sure if this can be upgraded directly in Talking DOSBox or if a new machine must be created. I would love to be able to just use a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation, but I can't install it without speech and don't know how to connnect it to the BNS driver, even if I could. I do have an MS-DOS virtual machine, but I can't get it to work for some reason, either under 32-bit or 64-bit. I installed Com0Com but nothing works. I have a wonderful mp3 with instructions somewhere, but I must find it in my files!

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u5vtxv/talking_dosbox_questions/

4. I am interested in learning QuickBasic 4.5. However, I heard of something called QB64 that can work with Windows XP through 7 and maybe later. I downloaded it, but the ide (interface) is completely inaccessible. I decided to just learn 4.5. for now, because the way to make QB64 work with a native Windows interface is a bit complicated and right now, I just want to start learning and practising. But if anyone can help with creating a native Windows version of QuickBasic (preferably one that works with Windows 7), that would be great!

#accessibility #ASAP #blind #DOS #Dosbox #FreeDOS #JAWS #MS-DOS #programming #Provox #QB64 #QuickBasic #ScreenReaders #SpeechSynthesizers #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare #Vocal-Eyes #Windows7

@bobardkor : Sinon, pour presque tous ces vieux jeux, #DosBox marche pas trop mal...

For some strange reason, the versions reported in the Version of Talking DOSBox that I'm using says 5.0. I thought it would be at least 6.22 or even 7.1. But another odd thing happened as well. I needed to edit the autoexec.bat file, and it said something about FreeDOS instead of the usual MSEdit. If this is true, then it means that FreeDOS can, indeed, be used with Talking DOSBox. The questions are now these. Can it be upgraded to the latest version, and can other versions of dos be used? If so, I have no idea how it would work i.e. how this machine is set up so that it uses synthesizers like SoundBlaster. Can anyone help me with this? It doesn't really affect my learning QuickBasic, but if I can play with other DOS versions, particularly modern ones, I would enjoy that very much, since my main goal, aside from programming, is to explore the operating system, including any updates that have been added since the Microsoft version was discontinued.

As a side note, I know how to use Com0Com with regular DOS in a virtual machine, but being totally blind, I cannot install DOS on my own that way, since there would be no speech. Even if I could, I would then need to install a screen reader before it would start speaking. I do remember, however, someone booting a skeleton of DOS with just autoexec.bat, config.sys, and command.com, combined with ASAP. The port.exe program was then used to find my synthesizer, and we were able to troubleshoot the machine from there, almost like using a Windows PE disk. However, that was with a real hardware synthesizer. I'm not sure if this can be done with iso files and com0com. I'm not even sure how I got such a virtual machine to work years ago, even though I still have the machine in question! But it could have been DOS through Windows 95 or some such. It wasn't DOSBox, however. It was definitely used with VMWare.

#accessibility #blind #DOS #DOSBox #FreeDOS #MSDOS #ScreenReaders #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare

For some strange reason, the versions reported in the Version of Talking DOSBox that I'm using says 5.0. I thought it would be at least 6.22 or even 7.1. But another odd thing happened as well. I needed to edit the autoexec.bat file, and it said something about FreeDOS instead of the usual MSEdit. If this is true, then it means that FreeDOS can, indeed, be used with Talking DOSBox. The questions are now these. Can it be upgraded to the latest version, and can other versions of dos be used? If so, I have no idea how it would work i.e. how this machine is set up so that it uses synthesizers like SoundBlaster. Can anyone help me with this? It doesn't really affect my learning QuickBasic, but if I can play with other DOS versions, particularly modern ones, I would enjoy that very much, since my main goal, aside from programming, is to explore the operating system, including any updates that have been added since the Microsoft version was discontinued.

As a side note, I know how to use Com0Com with regular DOS in a virtual machine, but being totally blind, I cannot install DOS on my own that way, since there would be no speech. Even if I could, I would then need to install a screen reader before it would start speaking. I do remember, however, someone booting a skeleton of DOS with just autoexec.bat, config.sys, and command.com, combined with ASAP. The port.exe program was then used to find my synthesizer, and we were able to troubleshoot the machine from there, almost like using a Windows PE disk. However, that was with a real hardware synthesizer. I'm not sure if this can be done with iso files and com0com. I'm not even sure how I got such a virtual machine to work years ago, even though I still have the machine in question! But it could have been DOS through Windows 95 or some such. It wasn't DOSBox, however. It was definitely used with VMWare.

#accessibility #blind #DOS #DOSBox #FreeDOS #MSDOS #ScreenReaders #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare

Saturday morning project: A from scratch fresh install of 1993's MS-DOS CD-ROM version of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, playable with DOSBox-core in the RetroArch emulator. Applied the official patch GKCDPAT.ZIP and the GK1CD_NRS.ZIP bugfix released by NewRisingSun. Sure, one could install this from GOG or Steam, but seriously, where's the fun in that? This is one of the best Sierra On-Line games ever made, full stop.

#Gaming #Games #Retro #RetroGaming #VideoGames #DOS #DOSBox #RetroArch

Saturday morning project: A from scratch fresh install of 1993's MS-DOS CD-ROM version of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, playable with DOSBox-core in the RetroArch emulator. Applied the official patch GKCDPAT.ZIP and the GK1CD_NRS.ZIP bugfix released by NewRisingSun. Sure, one could install this from GOG or Steam, but seriously, where's the fun in that? This is one of the best Sierra On-Line games ever made, full stop.

#Gaming #Games #Retro #RetroGaming #VideoGames #DOS #DOSBox #RetroArch

Für mich hebt sich KQ5 deutlich von den anderen Teilen ab: klassisches Märchengefühl 🧚 Graham als Held 🫅 handgemalte Optik 🎨 wechselnde Landschaften ⛰️ und Spannung ⚡
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #sierraonline #sierra #kingsquest #kingsquestV #kingsquest5

Gabriel Knight hat schon was: die düstere Mystery‑/Horrorgeschichte mit Voodoo‑Motiven, ein Anti‑Held als Hauptcharakter, gute Grafik und stimmige Gesamtatmosphäre - um nur einige Punkte zu nennen 💯💥👍
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #sierraonline #sierra #gabrielknight #sinsofthefathers

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.06.02-osfree. https://dosbox-x.com/

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.06.02-osfree. https://dosbox-x.com/

Larry 1 im VGA "Look" 👍
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #larry1 #leisuresuitlarry #leftys

Larry 1 im VGA "Look" 👍
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #larry1 #leisuresuitlarry #leftys

Wer hätte gedacht 🤔 dass man in Space Quest IV zurück ins Space Quest III reisen könnte ⁉️(SQ1 war ja klar, aber SQ3!)
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #spacequest4 #spacequestIV #spacequest3 #spacequestIII

Willst du die Zukunft wissen 🔮 Madame Mushka 🧙‍♀️ hilft weiter...
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #kingsquest #kingsquestV #kingsquest5 #madamemushka

King's Quest V gefällt mir von der King's Quest Reihe am besten 💯 👍 weil die Stimmung so schön märchenhaft 🧚 und auch düster ist 🧙‍♂️
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #kingsquest #kingsquestV #kingsquest5

Sieht zwar aus wie Police Quest, ist aber Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers 💯 💥 😜
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #gabrielknight #sinsofthefathers

Und hier noch die Original-Verpackung 📦
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra #policequest1 #policequest #lytton

Indy auf der Suche nach Atlantis...
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #lucasarts #indy #indianajones #fateofatlantis

1979 gegründet, wurde Sierra On-Line durch Adventure-Spiele berühmt. Ende der 1990er und Anfang der 2000er verlor die Firma nach mehreren Besitzerwechseln, darunter Vivendi Games und Activision, ihre Identität und verschwand schließlich.
#gamescwt #dosgames #dosgaming #retrogames #retrogaming #dosbox #amiga #commodoreamiga #commodore #sierraonline #sierra

@DOSBox_Staging 0.83.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released. I've been busy lately, so late announcement:

https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/release-notes/0.83.0-rc1/

#DOSBox #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #DOS

A neat little plasma effect! For MS-DOS, an made using the NASM assembler!

#creativecoding #retrocomputing #dosbox #assembly