OH my god!!!!!!!!!!!

[rallier]

By the structure of DosBox it seems to be written by the twisted Flex which is an evolution of the perverted Micro and is followed by the ^%$@%^$%%%^ YACC/Bison......heck i don't want to use it...... it reminds me about compiler design each time and that lecturer who has a very dark and twisted sense of humor.......also he likes killing his students. Average scores from his test (whatever subject that may be) hmmmmm around 30%?...i am lenient and that's he says: come on guys it's easy, i am very lenient!!! (yeah like programming on a piece of paper in Java around 4 different small games and applications, and a quite big game...... the likes of Space invader in one and a half hour is possible....heck even him couldn't do that!
And the final exam on compilers design? well he actually asks you to build a compiler from scratch ( like a mini pascal compiler)!!!! and with special tasks.... Even that is tough as a semester project not in 2 hours.
I just hate him!
See what's DosBox doing to me????????

[Maikel]

:shock:

I don't know what it does to you...but it scares me

[xndr2181]

Calm down rallier, take some deep breaths, maybe get a glass of water. Once you're calm, please explain what's troubling you, I think I can help, especially if it involves DosBox, I've just started using the same program, and had many frustrating moments, but with some help from friends (Mainly Tom and Maikel) I've figured it out...so, what's goin on?
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Hmm, I think DosBox is anything other than frustrating, it's pretty easy to get used to and it's very useful. :?

[xndr2181]

Hmm, I think DosBox is anything other than frustrating, it's pretty easy to get used to and it's very useful. *:?
Trust me freefreddy, it can be quite difficult to use, I've just learned out how to use it, and boy was that an adventure, :wink:
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Trust me freefreddy, it can be quite difficult to use, I've just learned out how to use it, and boy was that an adventure, *:wink: *
-Sean
That's the advantage of using Ms-Dos for at least 5 years :wink: I used it on my old PC (486DX2 66 Mhz, upgraded to Pentium 100 Mhz later) since 1995 and didn't have enough money to allow me one of the new high-end machines until in year 2002. The commands in DosBox are mostly same as in command.com, other really easy to understand because of that.

[xndr2181]

ya, see I've never used MS-DOS which I'm assuming is the same for rallier, and without that helpful bit of experience it becomes quite challenging.
-Sean

[Durak]

I used to use MS-DOS a fair bit. But if you need help with DosBox head over to the website. They have guides to help you along.

[xndr2181]

I also think that Data has a guide, he seems like the guy to go for this kinda thing...
-Sean

[Durak]

Don't know if he HAS a guide, but he sure sounds like a guide himself.

[xndr2181]

Don't know if he HAS a guide, but he sure sounds like a guide himself.
Hehe, yea and Tom as well as Maikel knows a lot about DosBox, so the'll probably post and help too!!
-Sean

[FreeFreddy]

Don't know if he HAS a guide, but he sure sounds like a guide himself.
He has a link in his signature which points to a DosBox-guide.

[gregor]

i used to use dos and i don't get it with dos box.
i mean you have so many different settings in it and it's hard to find explanations what it (the setting) does. and then you have processor cycles. :shock: ok it's the speed of porcessor right? but how many cycles does 386SX 16 mhz have? hmm? and how many 486dx 80 mhz? instead of writing that they write cycles. :cry:
plus there are a lot of other settings i really dont' know what they are four. all i know is me and my brother tried it on his 800celeron with win 2000 an drealised that the computer is too slow to run dos games :shock:

[FreeFreddy]

Lol, 800 Mhz Celeron is much too slow for DosBox. For the emulated speed of 486DX4 100Mhz you need somewhere around P3 1700Mhz up to P4 2.0 Ghz. But that depends on what games are emulated. Some run faster, some, seemingly with same speed, run slower. The faster processor, of course, the better.

[rallier]

well i actually just opened it and saw the structure of it and remembered all that flex and YACC/Bison compilers i've done in the university and well it was like watching Charon (death) naked running after me......bad experience u know........ I mean it......death running after you is one thing but running after you naked, hhehehehehe it get's nasty....
and when i opened that dosbox thing...... i just said....ok.....bye bye :P
I was using dos extensively before....but this is not really dos ;)
It's a small version written by a programming language using the compiler design capabilities of flex and Yacc/bison......i know that because i wrote a mini Pascal programming language at the university, and when you write a program it behaves the same way as DosBox ;)
And since then i want to have nothing to do again in my life anything involving such compilers........it became a permanent pshychotic trauma :P
So if i can walk by without using DosBox hehehe i will be content :roll:

[FreeFreddy]

You can still use Windows 98 to play old games, but there you need little more customization than in DosBox...

[Omuletzu]

i used to use dos and i don't get it with dos box. *
i mean you have so many different settings in it and it's hard to find explanations what it (the setting) does. *and then you have processor cycles. :shock: *ok it's the speed of porcessor right? but how many cycles does 386SX 16 mhz have? hmm? and how many 486dx 80 mhz? instead of writing that they write cycles. :cry: *
plus there are a lot of other settings i really dont' know what they are four. all i know is me and my brother tried it on his 800celeron with win 2000 an drealised that the computer is too slow to run dos games *:shock:
Take my word : Use old comps to play old games.
Old comps : The best way to play old games!

[FreeFreddy]

But they are bad to play new games too, so I think it's still better to use the new PC with some helping tools and pair of problems with old games.

[Data]

It seems somebody hasn't figured out how dosbox works

Don't worry help is underway!

just look at my signature. It's made for real dummies so maybe you can understand it as well

[xndr2181]

But they are bad to play new games too, so I think it's still better to use the new PC with some helping tools and pair of problems with old games.
I agree, old computers can get really anoying, and who wants to lug to computers around, :wink:
-Sean

[gregor]

i will wait tille they make dos box more simple or till it works with less processor power. it's really stupid that you need a pentium 4 porcessor to run an "XT processor required" game. :roll:

[FreeFreddy]

Yes, there you're right, it needs little too much processor-power.
But about being simple, it's all a question of trying out, only few programs are actually very complex, just about anything other is simple. :wink:

[Kiddiarni]

How do you think i feel??? 247 MHz Pentium II

Yup, the lamest computer of them all....but still a computer

[Durak]

I like AMD better than Pentium.

[Kiddiarni]

Why?...Because AMD is more likely to burn out???

[FreeFreddy]

Doesn't matter for me, I use whichever is faster and fits my financial possibilities.

[Maikel]

AMD burning out is like......so 1980's :P

I've never had any problems with my trusty old Amd computers. And the money I saved on buying an AMD instead of a pentium? Let's say I had some nice parties with it :D

[Durak]

AMD is also better. :D