I hadn't used DOSBox much at all, and yesterday I decided to install DOSBox on my main desktop PC (running Windows 10 64-bit) to try running some old DOS games & apps. I am surprised how easy it is to set up DOSBox, and that it does
Sound Blaster emulation and is basically ready to go right after it's installed. I have a directory on my HDD set aside now for the DOSBox C drive, and I copied some games there, which ran without a problem, with sound and mouse support working. I'm really surprised how easy it was to get set up, and
I found DOSBox can scale the window size up so that it's not a tiny window on my modern PC monitor.

I also tried running Telemate and Telix, my two favorte communication programs for DOS back in the day. Telemate seems to work fairly well, though I saw some
odd behavior with Telix. With certain menus on my BBS, Telix seemed to be sending empty data, causing my BBS to re-draw the menu and sometimes to display
the error "Unrecognized command ()", and sometimes the display just got very wonky. Enabling & disabling the status bar seems to make a difference, too - Depending on whether the status bar is showing or not, I had problems on different menus on my BBS. Has anyone set up Telix in DOSBox?

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On 19 Feb 2020, Nightfox said the following...

status bar seems to make a difference, too - Depending on whether the status bar is showing or not, I had problems on different menus on my
BBS. Has anyone set up Telix in DOSBox?

Not yet but now I am going to have to and see what I find.

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http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
try this dosbox ;)

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Nightfox wrote to All <=-

I hadn't used DOSBox much at all, and yesterday I decided to install

<snip>

Can't help you with your Telix issues, but this is cool! I'm a Mac
user now, but I have fond - VERY fond - memories of using OLX
and other stuff back in the day. :-)



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Nightfox wrote to All <=-

I hadn't used DOSBox much at all, and yesterday I decided to
install DOSBox on my main desktop PC (running Windows 10 64-bit)
to try running some old DOS games & apps. I am surprised how
easy it is to set up DOSBox, and that it does
Sound Blaster emulation and is basically ready to go right after
it's installed. I have a directory on my HDD set aside now for
the DOSBox C drive, and I copied some games there, which ran
without a problem, with sound and mouse support working. I'm
really surprised how easy it was to get set up, and
I found DOSBox can scale the window size up so that it's not a
tiny window on my modern PC monitor.

Yes, I agree that it's a great utility, and does seem to "just
work" for the most part. I use it frequently to run 'TheDraw' for creating/editing ANSI screens for my system's menu/display files.
Also for some old retro DOS games that I still like.

I also tried running Telemate and Telix, my two favorte
communication programs for DOS back in the day. Telemate seems
to work fairly well, though I saw some
odd behavior with Telix. With certain menus on my BBS, Telix
seemed to be sending empty data, causing my BBS to re-draw the
menu and sometimes to display
the error "Unrecognized command ()", and sometimes the display
just got very wonky. Enabling & disabling the status bar seems
to make a difference, too - Depending on whether the status bar
is showing or not, I had problems on different menus on my BBS.
Has anyone set up Telix in DOSBox?

I have Telix running, although I don't really use it regularly. I
just tried it though and saw no apparent problems when connected
to my own BBS. Not sure what would be causing what you're seeing.
I do have mine set for a "locked baud rate" of 57600, not sure if
that really matters though.



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I hadn't used DOSBox much at all, and yesterday I decided to install

Yes, I agree that it's a great utility, and does seem to "just work"

Last time I got DOSbox out I was having a crack at AutoDuel. Have to say the PeeCee version feels a lot tougher than the A2 version ever was. But DOSbox does do its job painlessly which is about the best you can ask of an emulator :)

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Re: Re: DOSBox
By: EDUARDO to Nightfox on Wed Feb 19 2020 10:51 pm

http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
try this dosbox ;)

I had the same problem with Telix with that DOSBox.. Also I noticed that one is older than the one I'm using.

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Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Jimmy Anderson to Nightfox on Wed Feb 19 2020 07:27 pm

Can't help you with your Telix issues, but this is cool! I'm a Mac
user now, but I have fond - VERY fond - memories of using OLX
and other stuff back in the day. :-)

It looks like they have a version of DOSBox for Mac OS X.

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Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Wed Feb 19 2020 08:32 pm

Yes, I agree that it's a great utility, and does seem to "just
work" for the most part. I use it frequently to run 'TheDraw' for creating/editing ANSI screens for my system's menu/display files.
Also for some old retro DOS games that I still like.

I like TheDraw too. I'm running my BBS in a 32-bit Windows VM, so I tend to run TheDraw on that VM. But I'd probably use DOSBox for TheDraw otherwise.

I have Telix running, although I don't really use it regularly. I
just tried it though and saw no apparent problems when connected
to my own BBS. Not sure what would be causing what you're seeing.
I do have mine set for a "locked baud rate" of 57600, not sure if
that really matters though.

I've been using a baud rate of 115200.. Perhaps I'll try a lower baud rate and
see if that makes a difference.

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Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Wed Feb 19 2020 08:32 pm

Yes, I agree that it's a great utility, and does seem to "just
work" for the most part. I use it frequently to run 'TheDraw' for creating/editing ANSI screens for my system's menu/display files.
Also for some old retro DOS games that I still like.

I like TheDraw too. I'm running my BBS in a 32-bit Windows VM,
so I tend to run TheDraw on that VM. But I'd probably use DOSBox
for TheDraw otherwise.

Makes sense. On a Linux box, DOSBox is the only option. ;-)

I have Telix running, although I don't really use it regularly. I
just tried it though and saw no apparent problems when connected
to my own BBS. Not sure what would be causing what you're seeing.
I do have mine set for a "locked baud rate" of 57600, not sure if
that really matters though.

I've been using a baud rate of 115200.. Perhaps I'll try a lower
baud rate and see if that makes a difference.

I'm very curious if that helps... Please let us know what you find
out!



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Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Thu Feb 20 2020 10:41 am

I have Telix running, although I don't really use it regularly. I
just tried it though and saw no apparent problems when connected
to my own BBS. Not sure what would be causing what you're seeing.
I do have mine set for a "locked baud rate" of 57600, not sure if
that really matters though.

I've been using a baud rate of 115200.. Perhaps I'll try a lower
baud rate and see if that makes a difference.

I'm very curious if that helps... Please let us know what you find
out!

I tried 57600 but that didn't seem to help.

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I've been using a baud rate of 115200.. Perhaps I'll try a lower baud rate and see if that makes a difference.

I need to do some testing of my own. My normal hangout is Black Flag, and
there are certain points in the login ANSIs and main menu that consistently make Telix blow up and display gibberish. File transfers fail too - a lot.

However - I recently acquired a Pentium 4, and could try running Telix
natively via DOS and using a WiModem232 to see if it's a Telix or a DOSBox issue. (And I guess I could try through DOSBox using the WiModem232 as well.)

I notice the WiModem232 has more options for configuring how it handles
mapping telnet <-> serial, so maybe that'll fix it?

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Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Thu Feb 20 2020 10:41 am

I have Telix running, although I don't really use it regularly. I
just tried it though and saw no apparent problems when connected
to my own BBS. Not sure what would be causing what you're seeing.
I do have mine set for a "locked baud rate" of 57600, not sure if
that really matters though.

I've been using a baud rate of 115200.. Perhaps I'll try a lower
baud rate and see if that makes a difference.

I'm very curious if that helps... Please let us know what you find
out!

I tried 57600 but that didn't seem to help.

Hmph... Not sure what would be causing issues. Thanks for the
update at least.



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Spectre wrote to Gamgee <=-

I hadn't used DOSBox much at all, and yesterday I decided to install

Yes, I agree that it's a great utility, and does seem to "just work"

Last time I got DOSbox out I was having a crack at AutoDuel. Have to
say the PeeCee version feels a lot tougher than the A2 version ever
was. But DOSbox does do its job painlessly which is about the best you
can ask of an emulator :)

the old SJ Games Car Wars AutoDuel?




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Re: Re: DOSBox
By: Jimmy Anderson to Nightfox on Wed Feb 19 2020 07:27 pm

Can't help you with your Telix issues, but this is cool! I'm a Mac
user now, but I have fond - VERY fond - memories of using OLX
and other stuff back in the day. :-)

It looks like they have a version of DOSBox for Mac OS X.

I will look for that!


https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBox_and_Mac_OS_X





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the old SJ Games Car Wars AutoDuel?

Thats the one, in these days of 3d its showing its age, but it was always a great game for the time. Got a copy of CarWars after playing is a bit. We never played it a great deal but it was fun. I'm surprised no one has tried to
remake it.

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Spectre wrote to jimmylogan <=-

the old SJ Games Car Wars AutoDuel?

Thats the one, in these days of 3d its showing its age, but it was
always a great game for the time. Got a copy of CarWars after playing
is a bit. We never played it a great deal but it was fun. I'm
surprised no one has tried to
remake it.

Remake what? Car Wars? Or Autoduel?

The latter is IP still owned by Steven Jackson Games, and they are VERY
tight fisted with their IP (which is their right).

If the former, it's still alive and kicking! I've been running PBEM
games for YEARS - decades even! I'm up to event #66 now!

They've also recently kickstarted version 6, but I did NOT buy into it,
as much as I was a fan in the old days. No, Gaslands is a fairly recent
game that has gotten my attention in a BIG way! I play it on the table
as well as running PBEM games.

I actually run them via Slack, if you're interested...




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Remake what? Car Wars? Or Autoduel?

Carwars was the tabletop game and Autoduel was the pooty game. I'm surprised no one has released a newer version of the pooty game.

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Spectre wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Remake what? Car Wars? Or Autoduel?

Carwars was the tabletop game and Autoduel was the pooty game. I'm surprised no one has released a newer version of the pooty game.

Steve Jackson Games are pretty tight on their IP, so unless THEY
come out with a remake, it won't happen...

Version 6 of Car Wars recently successfully kickstarted, but I did
NOT buy into it... I've been playing Gaslands instead. :-)




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Version 6 of Car Wars recently successfully kickstarted, but I did
NOT buy into it... I've been playing Gaslands instead. :-)

Don't know gaslands, V6... hmm not real interested either, no one to play anything like that these days... The only one I keep in touch with from gaming days is in... Dubai I think it is...

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Spectre wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Version 6 of Car Wars recently successfully kickstarted, but I did
NOT buy into it... I've been playing Gaslands instead. :-)

Don't know gaslands, V6... hmm not real interested either, no one to
play anything like that these days... The only one I keep in touch with from gaming days is in... Dubai I think it is...

I HIGHLY recommend Gaslands, if you had someone to play it with...

You use Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. You don't have to mod them,
but you can, and that's kind of a little mini game in itself. :-)



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