[ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:

* dosbox-0.74-2

DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, 
joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that 
simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Erwin Waterlander]

Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???

Op 15-2-2016 om 18:13 schreef Yaakov Selkowitz:
> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>
> * dosbox-0.74-2
>
> DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse,
> joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that
> simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems.
>
> --
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???

64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS 
programs.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[waterlan]

Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12:
> On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>> Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???
> 
> 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS 
> programs.

I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin 
POSIX layer here.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On 2016-02-15 17:46, waterlan wrote:
> Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12:
>> On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>>> Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???
>>
>> 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS
>> programs.
>
> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
> POSIX layer here.

You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or 
MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in 
and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[waterlan]

Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-16 01:03:
> On 2016-02-15 17:46, waterlan wrote:
>> Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12:
>>> On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>>>> Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???
>>> 
>>> 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS
>>> programs.
>> 
>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>> POSIX layer here.
> 
> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.

I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX. I would also 
not run Wine or VirtualBox under Cygwin. It only adds slowness.

Thanks for porting anyway. It demonstrates how mature Cygwin is.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Csaba Raduly]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:57 AM, waterlan  wrote:

> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX. I would also not
> run Wine or VirtualBox under Cygwin. It only adds slowness.

There are people who run Cygwin under Wine, so the circle is now complete :)

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, waterlan!

>>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>>> POSIX layer here.
>> 
>> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
>> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
>> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.

> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX.

I don't see a disadvantage either. So, what was your problem, again?
It is not like anyone forcing you to install it, right?

> I would also
> not run Wine or VirtualBox under Cygwin. It only adds slowness.

wat


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Sorry for my terrible english...


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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[waterlan]

Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47:
> Greetings, waterlan!
> 
>>>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>>>> POSIX layer here.
>>> 
>>> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
>>> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
>>> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.
> 
>> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX.
> 
> I don't see a disadvantage either. So, what was your problem, again?
> It is not like anyone forcing you to install it, right?

I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use 
it.


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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:36 PM, waterlan wrote:

> I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use it.

I do have need to use it occasionally, and I am appreciative that it's
now included in the Cygwin repository now.  I was able to uninstall
the old version I had.  It's very hard to test 16-bit DOS programs on
Windows 7 and Windows 10!

- Jim

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, waterlan!

> Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47:
>> Greetings, waterlan!
>> 
>>>>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>>>>> POSIX layer here.
>>>> 
>>>> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
>>>> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
>>>> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.
>> 
>>> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX.
>> 
>> I don't see a disadvantage either. So, what was your problem, again?
>> It is not like anyone forcing you to install it, right?

> I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use 
> it.

I would. I have a few programs (namely BP compiler) I need for my old
projects. Running VM is not always a fastest option.


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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:11:01

Sorry for my terrible english...


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