A self-contained emulation package that we use to capture screenshots and troubleshoot MS-DOS software and programs offered for download on the website.
The package comprises of D-Fend, DOSBox SVN-lfn, custom D-Fend Confs and a selection of DOS tools and utilities.
Unfortunately only for Windows.
Option 1 - Zip download
- Select Download ZIP from the green Clone or download button on the GitHub repository.
- Extract the downloaded zip into a directory of your choice.
- Open the directory and run
DFend.exe.
Option 2 - Git clone
- Open an administrator command prompt and
cdto a directory where you want to install. git clone https://github.com/Defacto2/defacto2-dosbox.gitdefacto2-dosbox\dfend.exe
Most of the D-Fend profiles should be self-explanatory for anyone familiar with DOS. Default or Default (max speed) should work for most scene programs. Some programs have buggy audio detection routines and with those you're best to drill down to either one of the SoundBlaster or the Gravis Ultrasound profiles, instead of using the Defaults that have multiple soundcards.
The debug: profiles are mostly to troubleshoot in case the DOS software has incompatibility issues with certain hardware. Some demos work better with VGA instead of the Default's SVGA. Others need all the audio emulation disabled to function correctly.
The D-Fend VirtualHD (virtual C: drive) has some DOS tools and utilities.
Please note while D-Fend, DOSBox and the configurations are under a GPL-3.0 licence. The files within VirtualHD are probably not, and are proprietary unless they state otherwise.
7ZIP ARC ARJ DOSZIP LHA PKARC PKZIP* RAR UCFCUP34 ZOO
FREEDOS
AUTOEXEC
AVD-436
TP-FIX UNP411
ULTRASND