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flameman
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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject: embedding a dos application |
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Hello,
we are working on a remote board which doesn't have X11 support.
I need to run a dos non interactive application (old compiler binary, written for dos).
Googling i found "dosbox", which should have a pretty dos binary support.
unfortunately DOSBox is designed for games. Not for embedding-dos applications.
However, there seams to to be a dummy output for SDL available: any idea ?
or, any suggestions about a better dos-emulator application ?
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mahdi1234
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| You can have a look at http://www.dosemu.org it's in the portage as well, though not sure whether it fits your needs. |
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flameman
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry, but isn't dosemu only for x86 arch ? |
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mahdi1234
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| ooops I haven't noticed PPC section, you're right dosemu is not an alternative here. |
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flameman
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is qemu able to run as text console app (no X11 support required, i mean) ? |
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blob999
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yes, it does.
It's long time i don't use qemu.. if i still remember you need:
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anyway man qemu should help.
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i have a bit of noises using ncurses ...
... i mean i can see a freedos box in my text console
but what i see is issued by a lot of noises |
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| I have not used it much, but you might also try Bochs. Both Qemu and Bochs also support VNC output as well if networking is an option. |
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bnl
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Did you try dosbox?
I run it on an x86, and on an mac ppc.
it can be used to paly games on, I play The 7th guest and a ponball game,
but I also rin win 3.11 in it.
And If I dont start win 3.11, I am i a dos prompt.
The config is not to bad, you can play with lots of stuff, like
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[serial]
# serial1-4 -- set type of device connected to com port.
# Can be disabled, dummy, modem, directserial.
# Additional parameters must be in the same line in the form of
# parameter:value. Parameters for all types are irq, startbps, bytesize,
# stopbits, parity (all optional).
# for directserial: realport (required).
# for modem: listenport (optional).
# Example: serial1=modem listenport:5000
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled
[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
# ems -- Enable EMS support.
# umb -- Enable UMB support (false,true,max).
xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).
# windowresolution -- Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lowest,lower,normal,higher,highest.
# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.
# usescancodes -- Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=surface
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt
usescancodes=true
[dosbox]
# language -- Select another language file.
# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.
# machine -- The type of machine tries to emulate:hercules,cga,tandy,pcjr,vga.
# captures -- Directory where things like wave,midi,screenshot get captured.
language=
machine=vga
captures=capture
memsize=16
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To run it, you mount stuff first, like
#!/bin/bash
dosbox -conf /home/bnl/dosbox/dosbox.conf \
-c "mount c /home/bnl/dosbox/win311" \
-c "mount d /media/cdrom0 -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl" \
-c "mount e /home/bnl/dosbox/entombed" \
-c "mount f /home/bnl/dosbox/s3drivers" \
-c "mount i /home/bnl/dosbox/in311" \
-c "c:" \
-c "cd windows" \
-c "win"
This id for me starting win 3.11 so my kids can play the old game 'Entombed'
But remove the lst two lines, and you have a prompt.
A binary should be able to run there, just mount the dir first
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