Releases: joncampbell123/dosbox-x
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DOSBox-X 2022.12.26 2022-12-26 19:55
2022.12.26
- Allow more than 640KB of conventional memory,
regardless of "allow more than 640kb" option, for
Tandy machine type. The setting is capped to 768KB
to reflect Tandy systems with that upgrade, which
is said to allow a full 640KB for DOS and 128KB for
video RAM without any conflict from the MCB chain.
Adjust Tandy video emulation for 768KB case. This
fixes "Might and Magic III Isles of Terra" crashes
in Tandy mode and Tandy graphics because the game
does not correctly handle the memory configuration
when less RAM is involved. (joncampbell123). - Fix code page CPI/CPX loader to allocate 128KB of
memory instead of 84KB. The code allocates a 64KB
stack for the executable code within. The 84KB
allocation permitted the initial stack pointer to
exist beyond available conventional memory if
conventional memory size was below about 156KB and
cause a crash. This is a quick fix, a long term fix
would be to instead set the initial stack pointer
to some offset below 0xFFFE based on available memory,
just as the .COM executable loader was modified to do
some time back to enable proper execution when
memsize < 64KB. (joncampbell123) - Do not load country/font information at startup
if the code page to load is the same as the default
code page. (joncampbell123) - Fix Tab/Shift+Tab in Configuration GUI regarding
setting text fields that have a ... button to select
from an enumeration. Those buttons are no longer a
trap for tab enumeration. (joncampbell123) - Fix Mac OS SDL1 keyboard support code to properly
fill in unicode character values in relation to
IME checks. This fixes a problem where it was
impossible to type anything in the configuration GUI
in SDL1 Mac OS builds. (joncampbell123) - Mark VBE mode 0x212 as "do not list" so that it does
not appear in normal VBE mode enumeration, while
keeping it valid for the Windows 3.1 driver which
assumes the mode is there at that number without
enumeration. By not listing the mode, drivers like
VBEMP and DOS application code will not attempt to
use it. There is already another mode number for
640x480 24bpp anyway. (joncampbell123) - Fix VBE mode 0x212, which is 640x480 24bpp packed
mode but with a per scanline stride of 2048 bytes
per pixel set aside for the Windows 3.1 driver and
the "640x480 (1Meg) 16 million colors" setting,
so that the VBE "Get Mode Info" call reflects the
proper per-scanline stride instead of the ideal one.
This should fix complaints about VBEMP and 640x480
24-bit color mode. Given how minimal the use of the
mode is by the Windows 3.1 driver, the 2048 byte
mode does not permit setting scan line length or
display start i.e. panning is not permitted.
(joncampbell123). - Fix Pentium Pro emulation to support microcode
related MSRs so that Windows 98 does not crash
on startup when cputype=ppro_slow. (joncampbell123). - Added SMV debugger command. This is the linear
(virtual) equivalent of the SM "Set Memory"
command. (joncampbell123).
(#3826) - Fix debugger help command to list both C / D commands
and the DV/DP commands. (joncampbell123) - Add VGA FONTDUMP debugger command for those
who might want to take custom fonts in text
mode and do something with them outside the
emulator. "VGA FONTDUMP" followed by a filename
which must have the extension .BIN (for a raw
64KB dump of font RAM) or .BMP (for a formatted
dump as a monochrome bitmap file). (joncampbell123). - Disabled code to randomly return GDC drawing
status active. The implementation was causing
severe performance issues. The code has not
been removed because it could be optimized and
fixed and could even follow the state of GDC
drawing. (joncampbell123) - VGA 6-bit DAC mode expand to full 8-bit range,
instead of simple shifting (joncampbell123). - Fix 8254 PIT emulation (joncampbell123)
- Add dosbox.conf option "cpuid string" to allow
CPUID to return custom ID strings instead of just
"GenuineIntel". Have fun! (joncampbell123) - Fixed build to properly compile against internal
SDL/SDL2 library even if an external version is
available (joncampbell123) - Fixed some violations of the one definition rule.
(Jookia) - Use pkg-config to find OpenGL (Jookia)
- Updated Flatpak SDK and dependencies (Jookia)
- PC-98 Implement AVSDRV.SYS PCM function (int D9h)
(nanshiki) - PC-98 Support 6x8 Katakana font with int 18h ah=14h
(nanshiki) - PC-98 Fix Audio Q-Channel info in MSCDEX (nanshiki)
- Fixed FFMPEG 5 compatibility (Jookia)
- Fix FFMPEG crash if FFMPEG fails to write header
for some reason. (joncampbell123) - Fix setcap on systems with split /usr (Jookia)
- Fix building with --disable-core-inline (Jookia)
- Fix building not finding fluidsynth (Jookia)
- Fix some NetBSD build issues
(Jookia, with patch from Nia) - Fix minor graphical issues in mapper GUI (aybe)
- Removed --disable-core-inline (Jookia)
- Swap SDL2 XInput axes by default for a better
out of the box experience (aybe) - SDL1 XInput is now enabled by default for
a better out of the box experience (aybe) - add set of cga shaders from dosbox staging (aybe)
- Updated mt32emu code to latest(2.7.0).(maron2000)
Also, added config option "mt32.engage.channel1"
(Refer to https://github.com/munt/munt for details) - Fix missing line in printouts (Issue #3569)
(maron2000) - Adjust Int 11 return value to better match real
BIOSes. (Allofich) - Limit the "always return bit 6 of port 61h as set
for PC" change to only apply to early PC types
(MDA, CGA or Hercules). (Allofich) - Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4476: Preserve last error code when no error
occurs. - r4477, r4478: Drive system improvements.
- r4479: Correct handling of invalid encodings of
the BOUND instruction. - r4480: Some confirmed DOS behaviors and minor
cleanup. - r4481: Push registers for most DOS function calls;
prevents a bug in UNLZEXE from causing a crash, and
maybe helps other buggy programs and unusual cases.
Use real addressing to support stack pointer wraparound.
- r4476: Preserve last error code when no error
- Fix Opl3! Duo and Opl2 Audio board audio playback on
unix (stengun) - Fix Japanese input related issues (nanshiki)
- Fix START command only ever opens first file
(NebularNerd, darac-10, aybe) - Win32 logging console (aybe)
- add 'Debug/Clear logging console' menu entry
- ensure main window stays above it when shown
- Fix overflow in mapper info on SDL2 builds (aybe)
- Enable OpenGL output in MinGW builds again (maron2000)
- Fixed to display IME marked text in SDL2 version on
macOS (nanshiki) - Fix allocation of IDE slots when mounting images by
IMGMOUNT (maron2000) - Increase of sprintf buffer size in Program::WriteOut()
(caiiiycuk) - Fix unexpected behavior of swapping multiple CD images
(maron2000) - Fixed build on NetBSD and FreeBSD (Jookia)
DOSBox-X 2022.09.0 (0.84.3) 2022-09-01 16:22
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
2022.09.0 (0.84.3)
- Added 86PCM support for PC-98 emulation. (nanshiki)
- Added German language translation. (Link-Mario)
- Added code page 867 (compatible with Hebrew DOS
WordPerfect) and 868 (Urdu) for the guest-to-host
code page conversions. (Wengier) - Improved ANSI.SYS detection for the welcome banner
and CLS command. The command "INTRO WELCOME" will
re-display the welcome banner without running the
commands in AUTOEXEC.BAT. (Wengier) - Improved IME support on macOS SDL2 build. (Wengier)
- Improved detection for the Chinese/Japanese/Korean
keyboard layouts on Windows platform. (Wengier) - Improved Windows installer for selecting languages
for the DOS emulator. (Wengier) - Improved config option "file access tries" for the
Linux and macOS platforms. (Wengier) - Fixed SafeDisc 2 check for Red Alert 2 by renaming
the IDE CD-ROM device. (rderooy & psyraven) - Fixed problem when inputting characters with call
INT21/AH=3Fh in PC-98 mode. (nanshiki) - Fixed hang on zip-mounted drives and minor bug on
the DOS file-read code. (tbr) - Fixed file copying problem with Windows 9x install
at the end of the DOS-based Setup. (Wengier) - Fixed command like "IF NOT EXIST D:\NUL ..." not
working if the drive does not exist. (Wengier) - Fixed that pasting text from clipboard via mouse
may not work properly in some cases. (Wengier) - Fixed the mouse scrolling wheel not working with
CTMOUSE 2.1's "CTMOUSE /O" in guest DOS. (Wengier) - Fixed window transparency setting not working in
macOS SDL1 build. (Wengier) - Fixed macOS small display issue with the in-tree
SDL2 library by applying SDL updates. (Wengier) - Fixed menu option "Always on top" to work with the
in-tree SDL2 library on macOS. (Wengier) - Fixed the terminal mess-up issue with -display2
option on Linux and macOS platforms. (Wengier) - Fixed OpenGL output options not working in Windows
ARM32/ARM64 builds. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X 2022.08.0 (0.84.2) 2022-08-01 13:28
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
2022.08.0 (0.84.2)
- Fill in PC-98 BIOS data area byte value indicating
CPU type (whether 8086, 286, 386 or higher)
(Wengier), fill it in at startup (joncampbell123). - CHOICE now supports breaking and errors on end of
file or pipe instead of freezing DOSBox-X. (Jookia) - Fixed debugger commands parsing numbers wrong. (Jookia)
- Fixed DIR crashing on volumes with more than
999,999,999,999 bytes of free space. (Jookia) - Switched to year.month.patch versioning (Jookia)
- Fix NE2000 panicking if packets are queued too fast.
(kcgen, Jookia) - Fix ISO image format detection to support pure
UDF formatted images, meaning that the image
lacks any ISO 9660 features and contains only
UDF. (joncampbell123). - Added support for UDF filesystem to ISO image
handling. It is enabled by default if emulating
MS-DOS 7.10 (aka Windows 98) or higher.
(joncampbell123). - Added code to detect Rock Ridge according to the
System Use Sharing Protocol standard, and to
read the SUSP entries correctly for the alternate
name, if enabled. (joncampbell123) - Updated ISO MSCDEX drive emulation to scan the
available volumes in the ISO image rather than
assume the first volume, which makes Joilet
support possible if long filenames are enabled
and the DOS version is 7.0 or higher. (joncampbell123). - Add IMGMOUNT -o option for ISO filesystem support
to enable/disable Joliet extensions, which is a
Microsoft extension to ISO 9660 where long names
encoded using Unicode UCS-16 exist as a supplementary
volume in the ISO image and are used by Windows 95
and higher to support long filenames on CD-ROM.
Added support for reading the Joliet volume and
providing them for both the 8.3 and long filename
APIs in DOS. (joncampbell123). - Add IMGMOUNT -o option for ISO filesystem support
to enable/disable Rock Ridge long filename support.
The option is -o rr=1 to enable and -o rr=0 to
disable. (joncampbell123). - Fixed 8.3 name generations on ISO drives with Rock
Ridge extension. The ISO drives can be refreshed
via RESCAN command like other drives. (Wengier) - SDL_Net support is available for HX-DOS builds,
similar to other builds. Packet driver is needed
for network capability in DOS. (Wengier) - Fixed line endings when copying to shared clipboard
(e.g. CLIP$) in non-Windows platforms. (Wengier) - Fixed problems with SDL1 Windows builds in which
the user had to type the Fullscreen mapper shortcut
twice. It seems a SDL1 library function that is
used to indicate ignoring or adding a class of
events also liked to flush the event queue. This
is called on mode change. This caused lost
keystrokes, leaving the mapper the impression that
those keys were still held down. (joncampbell123). - Fixed PC-98 mode MS-DOS 7/Windows 9x boot disk's
80386 CPU check. (Wengier) - Added support for auto-converting non-image drives
(such as mounted local drives) to disk images, so
that they will be visible when booting into guest
systems. A config option "convertdrivefat" (in
[dosbox] section) is added to toggle this setting,
or you can toggle via BOOT command's -convertfat
(or -convertfatro option for read-only access) and
-noconvertfat options. There're also config options
"convert fat free space" (in [dosbox] section) and
"drive z convert fat" (in [dos] section) to control
free space (in MB; 0 means read-only) and whether
to also convert virtual drive Z:. Much of the code
is imported from DOSBox Pure, with added support
for PC-98 HDI and code page conversions. (Wengier) - Added menu option "Save to disk image" (under drive
letter in "Drive" menu) to save a mounted non-FAT
drive to selected disk image (IMG/HDI). (Wengier) - Added the "Limit disk transfer speed" menu group
(under "DOS") to toggle the hard & floppy disk data
rate function. Also moved "Quick launch program..."
menu from "DOS" menu to "Main" menu. (Wengier) - Added code pages 856 (Hebrew) and 859 (Latin 9) for
the guest-to-host code page conversions. (Wengier) - Added config option to allow create of temporary
devices for piping operations when a temporary DOS
path is not available. (Wengier) - Added support for ATAPI raw sector reading with
READ CD command. (schellingb) - Report bad sectors recorded in raw CD images as
ATAPI read errors. (schellingb) - You can use CONFIG -set langcp=... to change the
current language along with the embedded code page,
or CHCP nnn:... to specify a language file as well,
e.g. "CHCP 932:" or "CHCP 932:ja_JP" for Japanese
code page and language file. Also improved -langcp
option for SBCS code pages, and Windows installer
will additionally set keyboard layouts for the
selected languages. (Wengier) - Changed menu option "Restart DOSBox-X with language
file..." to "Load language file..." for loading
language files without rebooting DOSBox-X, unless
a guest system is currently running. (Wengier) - Imported the more recent MBR code from FreeDOS to
avoid the "boot menu" as in older code. (Wengier) - When changing TTF font, DOSBox-X will try to show
the number of missing characters in the new TTF
font (if any). (Wengier) - Fixed color becoming darker after changing TTF font
multiples times in TTF output. (Wengier) - Fixed display of individual/total file sizes with
DIR command when they are very large. (Wengier) - Fixed non-US code page conversions for mounted FAT
drives. (Wengier) - Fixed incorrect message displays in Configuration
Tool and Mapper Editor when booting into guest
systems with language files. (Wengier) - Fixed possible "Path not found" bug when switching
to code page 950 from another code page. (Wengier) - Fixed creating directories may not work properly
for overlay drives on Windows systems. (Wengier) - Fixed -set and -get options of CONFIG command when
there are spaces in property names, without having
to prepend the section names. For example, command
CONFIG -get "synchronize time" is supported just
as CONFIG -get "dosbox synchronize time". Similar
for -SET option when launching DOSBox-X. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X 0.84.1 2022-07-01 09:45
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.84.1
- Added dosbox(-x).conf option to enable workaround
for errant DOS programs that set the TF (trap flag)
and then crash. Added code to DOS kernel INT 01h
handler to clear TF flag if instructed to by the
dosbox(-x).conf setting which can prevent such
errant programs from crashing. Needed for 1996 demo
"Dyslexia" by Threesome. (joncampbell123) - Fix RETF instruction handling to only modify the
low 16 bits of ESP in real mode, even if the
immediate value for RETF is a large value like
FFFEh (fix for Finster by Mad Scientists). Prior
to this fix, it was possible to increment the
upper 32 bits of ESP from real mode using a
normal 16-bit RETF with a very large immediate
value. This fix removes the need for the ENTER
masking dosbox(-x).conf option entirely and allows
Finster to run without it. (joncampbell123). - Added dosbox(-x).conf option to control whether the
ENTER instruction masks the stack pointer to 64KB
if the stack segment is 16-bit, which is off by
default because real Intel processors do not do
that. (joncampbell123). - Added dosbox(-x).conf option that can instruct EGA/
VGA emulation to ignore the display blanking bit in
the sequencer registers. Some games appear to have
bugs in their VGA programming code that can
accidentally set that bit and therefore show
nothing on screen. Fix for 1996 game "Finster" by
Mad Scientists. The game appears to make this
programming mistake on any fork of DOSBox
including DOSBox-X, and is reported to also make
the same mistake on other emulators like 86box.
However most forks of DOSBox have a matching bug
in their VGA emulation that allows the blanked
display to appear normally regardless of that
register bit unless run with machine=vgaonly.
It's unclear if there is anything about DOSBox
or DOSBox-X emulation that causes the game to
misprogram the registers. (joncampbell123). - If guest uses ENTER instruction from 16-bit code
with 66h (32-bit operand) prefix, and the CPU is
in real mode or the stack segment is 16-bit, mask
stack pointer with 0xFFFF. This fixes 1996 game
"Finster" by Mad Scientists (joncampbell123). - DOSBox-X will now search for resource files such as
fonts and translations in the resource directory (
C:/DOSBox-X in Windows, /usr/(local/)share/dosbox-x
in Linux, and dosbox-x.app/Contents/Resources in
macOS) in addition to other locations. (Wengier) - Updated DOSBox-X's integration device to version
1.0.1, adding API calls such as DOSBox-X's version
number and platform, and some DOS-related status
such as DOS version number. (Wengier) - Improve the HX-DOS build package, including the
TTF output support and accessory files. (Wengier) - Use long double for internal event scheduling
if available, to improve accuracy (joncampbell123). - Fix remaining SDL2 Windows problems by adding
missing break statement above window event
handler. (joncampbell123). - Move "Always on top" menu option from "Video" to
"Main" menu, also enabled for Windows/macOS SDL2
builds when possible. (Wengier) - Add workarounds for SDL2 builds to avoid problems
with window resize, menu update, and restore
events that sometimes caused the emulator to hang
on startup in Windows. (joncampbell123). - Add "Set transparency..." and "Set text in title
bar..." menu options under "Video" to change window
transparency and title bar text. (Wengier) - Add special properties to CONFIG command including
"system" and "version". (Wengier) - Fix DOS 8.3 filename generations when there are
special characters in the filenames. (Wengier) - Fix creation of disk images with spaces using the
"Create blank disk image..." menu option. (Wengier) - Fix IMGMAKE to provide executable code in MS-DOS
partition or floppy disk boot sector following
the BPB, that prints "This is not a bootable disk"
instead of leaving zeros that lead the CPU astray
and possibly hang the system in the event anything
tries to boot the partition (joncampbell123). - Fix emulator segfault on invalid encoding of
BOUND instruction (joncampbell123). - Address auto-centering on mode change complaints
by making the "-" setting of windowposition the
default. (joncampbell123). - Added MinGW-lowend SDL2 build, which is compatible
with Windows XP. Also updated the build selection
page for Windows installers. (Wengier) - Fix windows transparency during TTF output switch
in Windows SDL2 builds. (Wengier) - Fix SDL2 Windows builds to flag a resize as not
user initiated only if the presence of the menu
bar changes. This fixes a problem where SDL2
builds did not acknowledge window resize events
at all. (joncampbell123). - Fix FluidSynth weird sound issue in 32-bit Visual
Studio SDL2 build. (Wengier) - Fluidsynth: Fix uninitialized conditional object
init in Windows builds (joncampbell123). - Linux/X11: Add an X11 error handler function to
handle the occasional X11 error that can happen
within the SDL2 library if certain events, like
window resize, occur too frequently. The custom
error handler logs the error but does not abort
the emulator like the default one would.
(joncampbell123). - Fix SDL2 builds with output=surface not to render
if the window at any point is too small. Resizing
the window below the minimum supported by the
DOS screen will not longer trigger segfaults or
assertion failures. Issue #3348. (joncampbell123). - Fix IME not working on Windows when -langcp option
is used to load a language with DBCS codepage, or
in 32-bit MinGW lowend SDL1 build. (Wengier) - Fixed INT 10h failing to fully clear Tandy video
memory when entering 16-color graphics modes.
(joncampbell123). - Fixed missing/NULL INT 1Fh interrupt vector with
CGA/PCjr/Tandy machine types. DOS games that print
to screen using INT 10h in graphics modes can now
print extended (>=128) character codes correctly.
This fixes "BushBuck: A Treasure Hunt" and enables
it's rather odd Tandy detection routine to work
with machine=tandy. (joncampbell123). - Disney Sound Source: Fix problems between Disney
sound source and parallel port emulation. Fix the
code to enable Disney Sound System emulation either
by disney=true (DOSBox SVN compatible) or
parallel1=disney (The DOSBox-X way). (joncampbell123). - DOS SHELL: Change shell command parsing to make
unusual combinations of command plus trailing
command possible such as ECHO. ECHO; ECHO: ECHO[
ECHO] ECHO\ ECHO/ ECHO" ECHO+ (issue #3503).
(joncampbell123). - DIR command supports more sorting methods including
"DIR /OGD", "DIR /OGE", and "DIR /OGS". (Wengier) - Support for BDF and PCF bitmap fonts for DOS/V
functions, such as the free WenQuanYi bitmap font
(bundled for displaying CJK characters). (Wengier) - EGA: Add machine type to emulate 200-line (CGA
compatible) EGA display mode, machine=ega200.
All text modes have 8x8 character cells, use CGA
compatible video timing, and the 640x350 modes
are not available. Fix EGA display offset register
usage to properly work with alphanumeric text
mode when "word mode" is turned off. This fixes
IBM demonstration program "Fantasy Land".
(joncampbell123). - IDE: Remove extra state from IDE controller that
is managed by the drive. The ATA-1 standard seems
to say that status and drive/head registers on
read back always come from the ATA device.
(joncampbell123). - IDE: If ATA device is busy, all IDE registers
return the status register and BSY bit according
to ATA-1 standard (joncampbell123). - IDE ATAPI CD-ROM: Add ATAPI command BEh READ CD.
This command is like the 28h/A8h READ command but
specific to the CD/CD-ROM format and allows reading
the various sector types including data sectors and
CD audio. Windows NT 4.0 requires this, or else it
treats the CD-ROM drive like a non-working device.
(joncampbell123).
DOSBox-X 0.84.0 2022-05-31 20:25
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.84.0
- CMOS century register now aliased to register
32h and 37h to appease Windows 2000, which assumes
the century is stored there and will complain
about invalid date/time otherwise (joncampbell123). - Treat IDE command E7h (FLUSH CACHE) as a no-op
so that the common use of it from Windows 2000
doesn't spam your log file (joncampbell123). - BIOS: At post, if DOS kernel was active and the
DOS Shell was still running, initiate a proper
system reset event. Some software, including the
WINNT.EXE install program for Windows NT, like to
restart the system by JMPing to the BIOS POST
entry point. Prior to this fix, doing that from a
DOS program caused instability with mounted images
and the DOS shell due to recursion. (joncampbell123). - Fix FPU implementation for aarch64 cores (cimarronm)
- Fixed INT 10h and DAC palette mapping to resolve
incorrect colors with Hercules graphics mode when
a game calls INT 10h to set video mode after setting
it up. This resolves the incorrect blue on black
color map for Grand Prix by Accolade (joncampbell123). - Add recursive mkdir_p() directory creation so that
overlay filesystem support can correctly create
a subdirectory of any depth, instead of only one
level deep from an existing directory on disk.
(joncampbell123) - Add dosbox(-x).conf option "isapnpport" to control
whether the ISA Plug & Play I/O port is presented
to the guest. Setting is "true", "false", or "auto".
"auto" means to enable if PnP BIOS is enabled.
Previously this port was always present even if
the PnP BIOS was not. Some operating systems,
including Windows NT/2000/XP, will enumerate ISA
Plug & Play hardware by themselves whether or not
the PnP BIOS is present. (joncampbell123) - Fix FPU operations using the top of stack on
32-bit VS builds (cimarronm) - Add IDE ATAPI command MECHANISM STATUS for
Windows NT 4.0 because that system seems
to want to know if your CD-ROM drive is a
CD changer (joncampbell123) - IDE Plug & Play resource descriptor changed to use
2-byte structure for listing IRQ resource instead of
3 bytes. This (for some reason) fixes problems with
the IDE driver in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and
Windows XP and allows them to boot properly.
(joncampbell123) - INT 13h extensions function 48h is supposed to
return physical geometry, not the logical geometry
normally returned by function 08h. This means for
IDE devices, to return the geometry the IDE controller
is using. (joncampbell123) - Enhanced the Mapper Editor interface. The Mapper UI
has been greatly improved. (aybe) - Add IDE ATAPI command MECHANISM STATUS for Windows
NT 4.0 because that system seems to want to know if
your CD-ROM drive is a CD changer. (joncampbell123) - Fix IDE devices to start up with the drive ready
bit set for OSes that expect it when probing IDE
devices. This allows the Linux kernel to see IDE
ATA drives emulated by DOSBox-X. (joncampbell123) - Fix IDE ATAPI emulation to correctly handle CD
READ across one or more DRQ block transfers. Use
block size given by guest in consideration of DRQ
block size, which allows ATAPI CD-ROM emulation to
work properly with the Linux kernel. (joncampbell123) - Add debug command to show PC-98 color palettes.
Corrected typo. (joncampbell123) - Add support for PC-98 monochrome graphics mode.
(joncampbell123) - IDE emulation now handles implementation events per
IDE device instead of per IDE controller, which
may resolve IDE controller issues with some guests.
(joncampbell123) - Added PC-98 GDC drawing commands, which is
based on Neko Project II source code (nanshiki) - Added PC-98 LIO BIOS interface, which is based on
Neko Project II source code (nanshiki) - INT 21h AH=31h Terminate And Stay Resident: If the
program called INT 21h to free its own PSP segment,
reassign the block back to the program as allocated
and then resize as expected. Needed for PC-98 game
"Yu No" in which PLAY6.EXE, one of the resident
drivers used for music, does just that. (joncampbell123) - Add a hack to enable read access to port 0xa460 on PC-98 which
returns Sound ID to detect the sound board available.
Note that the current hack returns Sound ID of PC-9801-86 board
regardless of the board selected to emulate. (maron2000) - Adds WINCHECK to list of programs which should not
return a valid installation check for WinOldAp
(AX=1700h/int2fh) so it doesn't mistakenly believe
Windows is running (cimarronm) - Add minimal support for IDE SET FEATURES command EFh.
(joncampbell123) - Fix CMPXCHG8B to change only the ZF flag, instead of
changing ZF with other flags in an undefined state
afterwards. This fixes problems with the Windows 2000
kernel booting up and cputype=pentium (though I am
unable to get past the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error).
(joncampbell123) - Updates XADD instruction to set appropriate flags
(cimarronm) - Updates to FPU to handle opcode size prefix (66h)
on FSTENV/FLDENV/FSAVE/FRSTOR instructions (cimarronm) - Update FLD constant FPU instructions to more
accurately match FPU implementations (cimarronm) - Fixed dynamic_dynrec being displayed as dynamic_x86
in menu, and PREFETCH instruction breakage in the
dynamic core. (Jookia) - Fixed crash if no dynamic cores available (Jookia)
- Fixed TTF mode breaking a guest not running the
DOS kernel. (Jookia) - Fix DBCS table initialization on reset and
restart (cimarronm) - Fixed some guest systems may not work as expected
in non-TTF outputs. (Wengier) - Fixed IME input not working in MinGW builds, and
FluidSynth in MinGW-lowend builds. (Wengier) - Fixed resizable OpenGL Voodoo window not working
properly on Windows in previous version. (Wengier) - Fixed commands "CHOICE /N /C:123" and "MIXER /GUI"
not working properly in previous version. (Wengier) - Integrated commits from mainline (Allofich)
- Disable leading directory validity check in
DOS_FindDevice.
- Disable leading directory validity check in
DOSBox-X 0.83.25 2022-05-01 08:07
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.83.25
- XGA: Do not register XGA I/O ports unless emulating
S3 chipset (such as machine=svga_s3) (joncampbell123) - Menu options "Force scaler" and "Print text screen"
can now be assigned to keyboard shortcuts from the
Mapper Editor. (Wengier) - Allowed to boot from Toshiba DOS image file for the
Toshiba J-3100 emulation. (nanshiki) - Default S3 machine types now support XGA/SXGA VText
in DOS/V, in addition to svga_et4000. (nanshiki) - Added "j3100backcolor" and "j300textcolor" config
options (in [dosv] section) to specify background
and text colors in J-3100 mode. (nanshiki) - Added config option "aspect_ratio" (in [render]
section) which when set will force the specified
aspect ratio (e.g. 16:9 or 3:2) in the aspect ratio
correction mode (i.e. aspect=true). A menu group
"Aspect ratio" is added to "Video" menu for users
to select or set an aspect ratio, including an
original ratio option. (Wengier) - Added config option "show recorded filename" (in
[dosbox] section) which when set to true (default)
will show message boxes with recorded filenames
when making audio or video captures. (Wengier) - Added config option "allow quit after warning" (in
[dosbox] section) which when set to false DOSBox-X
will disallow the quit option after displaying a
warning message. (Wengier) - Added config option "turbo last second" (in [cpu]
section) which allows to stop the Turbo function
after specified number of seconds. (Wengier) - Updated FLAC, MP3, and WAV decoder libraries to the
latest versions (v0.12.38, v0.6.32, and v0.13.6)
respectively; per David Reid). (Wengier) - Added support for upper case characters (A-Z) for
AUTOTYPE command. (kcgen) - Added /T option for CHOICE command to set a default
choice as in DOS, e.g. CHOICE /T:Y,3 (Wengier) - Added Korean language option in Windows installer.
Also, language option page will be shown regardless
of the output option selected. (Wengier) - Add stub INT 10h handler at F000:F065 if
machine=vgaonly and using a VGA ROM BIOS image.
The IBM VGA ROM BIOS image points INT 42h at that
fixed address and calls it for any function it does
not understand. (joncampbell123) - Set int33 event status bit 8 when passing absolute
mouse coordinates, which is useful in emulation or
virtualization environments where the mouse may be
integrated with the host cursor. (javispedro) - Added support for Pentium Pro hinting NOPs and
related multi-byte NOPs. (Jookia) - Updated HX DOS Extender to latest version 2.19 for
HX-DOS builds. (Wengier) - DOSBox-X returns 1 instead of 0 when E_Exit occurs
or unit tests fail. (Wengier) - Fixed built-in IPX and Modem emulation unavailable
in MinGW builds. (Wengier) - Fixed -machine command-line option (as listed by
"INTRO USAGE" command) not working. (Wengier) - Fixed lockup in classic Jumpman. (maron2000)
- Fixed color in some modes under x86-64 macOS SDL2
builds. (myon98) - Fixed extra INT 10h call during BIOS screen. The
extra call caused crashes when combined with a ROM
image of the stock IBM VGA BIOS. (joncampbell123) - Fixed fscale FPU operation and updated FPU status
word. Also fixed FPU stack value log messages on
x86-based builds. (cimarronm) - Fixed bug that OpenGL Voodoo window may not appear
correctly if the DOSBox-X window was previously in
full-screen mode in some builds. DOSBox-X will now
ensure a switch to window mode (or maximized window
mode) in this case. Also fixed some menu options
including rebooting DOSBox-X while Voodoo emulation
is currently active. (Wengier) - Fixed crash when switching to dynamic_rec core from
menu when dynamic_x86 is also available. Also fixed
the dynamic_rec core may not be displayed correctly
in the menu when a language file is used. (Wengier) - Fixed Windows resource information. (Wengier)
- Fixed a buffer overflow when launching a program.
(Jookia) - Fixed bug where DOS IOCTL would call device control
channel on devices which did not advertise support
for IOCTL. (cimarronm) - Clean up of DOS device and attribute flag usage
(cimarronm) - Integrated commits from mainline (Allofich)
- Use real pointer with font data for reading
characters. Also ignore page number for modes with
only one page.
- Use real pointer with font data for reading
DOSBox-X 0.83.24 2022-04-01 08:00
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For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.83.24
- Release notes for this version:
https://dosbox-x.com/release-0.83.24.html - PC-98: Search for FONT.ROM in resources directory
in addition to the working directory. (bsdf) - Add S3 Vision964 and Vision968, based on existing
support for the Vision864/868 chips (rderooy). - APM BIOS: When the guest calls the APM BIOS to go
into suspend or standby mode, emulate a suspended
or standby mode. Spacebar resumes the guest machine.
Blank the display (if VGA/SVGA machine type) upon
suspend/standby and unblank upon leaving it.
(joncampbell123) - APM BIOS: Add dosbox-x.conf option to control
whether the power button triggers a suspend or
standby event. (joncampbell123) - APM BIOS: Add power button mapper event, tie
power button to APM BIOS, return power button as
APM suspend event, add code to APM BIOS to handle
suspend and resume events. Windows 98 no longer
complains about the inability to suspend or go to
standby. (joncampbell123) - APM BIOS: Limit debug logging of APM BIOS function
AH=05h (CPU IDLE) because Windows 98 likes to call
that function way too often. Once a millisecond, in
fact! The log spam makes it difficult to see
anything important scroll by while debugging.
(joncampbell123). - Revise S3 Trio64 XGA line drawing code to
add comments, and obey the "skip last pixel" bit
so that the Windows drivers can better draw polygon
line segments. This fixes broken XOR polylines in
Windows 3.1 and Microsoft Word 2.0. (joncampbell123) - Add S3 ViRGE accelerated XGA line drawing function.
Windows 3.1 through Windows 98 can now draw lines
with hardware acceleration. (joncampbell123) - Merge code to help preserve long filename when
older program writes/overwrites the 8.3 filename. - Change "fpu" config setting to an enumeration
that still accepts true and false, but now also
accepts auto, 287, and 387. It is now possible to
specify fpu=287 and cputype=386 to emulate a 386
paired with a 287 chip as is said to be how early
386 Compaq systems were wired, for example.
(joncampbell123) - 3Dfx Voodoo window is now resizable (inc. maximized
window) when using OpenGL mode, in addition to the
software mode. (MartyShepard, kekko, Wengier) - Menu options "CJK: Switch between DBCS/SBCS modes",
CJK: Auto-detect box-drawing characters", and "Reset
color scheme" (in "Video" -> "TTF options") are now
assignable in Mapper Editor. (Wengier) - The "colors" config setting now allows a leading
"+" character to stay the specified color scheme when
switching from another output. (Wengier) - SETCOLOR command allows a syntax like "SETCOLOR 1 +"
to return the specified color number to the preset
value (as specified by "colors" setting). (Wengier) - When using TTF output, DOSBox-X will dim the topmost
line when the window is inactive in full-screen or
menuless mode as in vDosPlus. (emendelson) - IMGMOUNT command now accepts wildcards, such as
"IMGMOUNT A disk*.img" to mount image files matching
the given pattern. (Wengier) - Added CuteMouse wheel mouse extension so that DOS
programs such as DOS Navigator 2 can make use of it.
It is enabled when mouse wheel movement conversion is
currently disabled. (FeralChild & Wengier) - Implemented basic support for VMware mouse protocol
so that when used together with e.g. the VMware mouse
driver for Windows 3.x, the mouse will be seamlessly
integrated with the host system, and can enter/exit
the DOSBox-X window without having to capture/release
the mouse. Config option "vmware" is added (in [dos]
section) which allows to disable VMware mouse guest
integration. (FeralChild, Wengier, joncampbell123) - When country number is not specified and cannot be
obtained from system, DOSBox-X will try to map the
keyboard layout to country number. The country list
is also extended. (Wengier & FeralChild) - Added "-nolog" command-line option to disable logging
output completely, and "Disable logging output" menu
option in "Debug" menu to toggle this. (Wengier) - Updated EGA?.CPX and KEYBOARD.SYS/KEYBRD?.SYS to the
latest version from FreeDOS. The CPX files now appear
in CPI directory of Z drive, which can be replaced by
files provided by the user. (FeralChild & Wengier) - Fix lockup when printing in dBase IV. (Wengier)
- Fix crash/restart when running Wing Commander with
EMS memory enabled. (grapeli) - Fix possible buffer overflow issue that may happen
in certain conditions. (maron2000) - Fix NewWadTool 1.3 unable to play music by ensuring
that periodic timer interrupt is triggered on every
cmos_timerevent. (cimarronm) - Fix handling of some DOS file I/O device drivers that
expect a pre-filled input-buffer on READ function and
also do not like to be called for every single byte
in that buffer may not work correctly. (leecher1337) - Fix FPU emulation to use 8087 FENI/FDISI behavior
when cputype=8086 or cputype=80186. (joncampbell123) - Fix FPU emulation to correctly emulate 80287 -/+inf
compare behavior even if compiled for x86 targets
where C_FPU_X86 uses the host FPU. (joncampbell123) - Fix audio speech stuttering issue in SpaceQuest 4
v1.3 using Sound Blaster. (grapeli & rderooy) - Fix issue with Lemmings palette swapping not working
properly. (maron20000 & grapeli) - Updated MT32emu to version 2.6.1. (maron20000)
- Updated DOSMID to version 0.9.6. (Wengier)
- Integrated commits from mainline (Allofich)
- Indicate in BIOS memory when keyboard ACK received.
Fixes Soko-ban Revenge. - Fix execution of small COM programs on PCjr machine
type.
- Indicate in BIOS memory when keyboard ACK received.
DOSBox-X 0.83.23 2022-02-28 22:32
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.83.23
- Fixed XGA accelerated rendering for ViRGE emulation
and 24 bits/pixel display modes. Since Windows drivers
insist on 24bpp, this is necessary for
"Truecolor (24-bit)" to display and render correctly. - dosbox-x.conf option "vesa vbe 1.2 modes are 32bpp" is
now "true", "false" or "auto", where "auto" determines
this setting based on which S3 chipset is being
emulated. It seems the Windows drivers for ViRGE
chipsets require 24bpp for truecolor modes, in fact,
they do not even offer 32bpp as an option. Since
the Windows 3.1/95/98 drivers use VESA BIOS calls to
set video modes, this implies that the VESA BIOS on
ViRGE cards are also making the base modes 24bpp rather
than 32bpp. Note that the Windows drivers for older S3
chipsets are perfectly happy to use 32bpp unless you
select "16.7 million colors (1 Meg)" in Windows 3.1,
which is the only option in those drivers to offer
24bpp. To avoid grief with DOSBox-X users, "auto"
is the default setting. - Added basic S3 ViRGE XGA acceleration. It's enough for
90% of the GDI functions in Windows 3.1 so far. - Fixed S3 rectangle XGA accelerated pattern blit, when
using display memory as the pattern mask source, to
follow S3 Trio32/Trio64 documentation, instead of the
DOSBox SVN educated guess, to resolve some edge cases
where the wrong color is chosen to draw filled rectangles
in Windows 3.1. This fixes the "basement" in Microsoft
Creative Writer so that clicking around no longer leaves
white boxes on the screen. - Extend 256-color foreground/background color behavior
from S3 86c928 to Vision864 and Vision868 as Windows
95 behavior suggests they handle the hardware cursor
the same way in 256-color mode. - Extend "divide cursor X position by bytes per pixel"
behavior from S3 86c928 to Vision864 and Vision868
emulation as well, based on Windows 3.1 video driver
behavior. - Gravis Ultrasound: Most I/O registers except port 3x4
are intended for 8-bit I/O. If 16-bit I/O occurs to
such registers, handle as two 8-bit I/O cycles. I
found something in the Demoscene (1997 demo "Atlantis,
Deep Like A Sea") that uses a 16-bit I/O write to write
current channel and register select in one write.
Prior to this fix, there was no music other than quiet
popping noises in DOSBox-X. - Sound Blaster: Fixed DSP command 0x48 (Set DSP block
transfer size) to accept block size as BYTES as
standardized by Creative and convert to SAMPLES
internally. This fixes stuttering voices in Freddy
Pharkas when sbtype=sb16. (joncampbell123) - Avoid crashes due to assertion failure when media
keys are pressed (maron2000) - Fix CD audio playback failure (cue + mp3) when
trying to play from pregap sectors. (maron2000) - Change default value of mt32.rate to 48kHz to match
default value of mt32.analog option. (maron2000) - Fix a buffer overflow issue in dos.cpp (maron2000)
DOSBox-X 0.83.22 2022-01-31 23:31
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
0.83.22
- Added Pentium 3 Processor Serial Number emulation.
Serial number can be set from dosbox-x.conf or not
set, in which case it will act as if disabled by the
BIOS. (joncampbell123). - Added Pentium III cputype, added SSE register set,
added SSE instructions to debugger disassembler,
added some initial SSE instructions. (joncampbell123) - Added some MSRs expected by Linux, Windows, and
tools like CPU-Z to make them happy. (joncampbell123) - Added FXSAVE/FXRSTOR which makes Linux happy with
Pentium III emulation. (joncampbell123) - Allow WRMSR to set time stamp counter, as it is known
though undocumented a standard since the Pentium
(joncampbell123). - Added debugger command to show global and per-voice
status of the Gravis Ultrasound emulation. May come
in handy for programmers who wish to write their own
GUS routines, and for Trixter who brought up the
subject of determining whether a program plays music
with the GUS or treats it like a dumb sound card.
(joncampbell123). - Added debugger command to show SSE register file, and
to set SSE register contents. (joncampbell123) - Added debugger command to show MMX register file, and
to set MMX register contents. (joncampbell123) - Added support for expressions within parenthesis in
debugger expression handling. (joncampbell123) - Added & (AND), ^ (XOR), and | (OR) operators, and
<< and >> bit shift operators to debugger expression
handling. (joncampbell123) - Added multiply (*) and divide (/) operators to debugger
expression handling. Order of operations applies, so
given mixed addition and multiplication, the multiply
is done first then the result is added. Also added
support for the modulo (%) operator to the debugger
expression handling. (joncampbell123) - Revised debugger expression handling to correctly
parse arithmetic operators with order of operations
in mind. Prior to this fix, consecutive subtraction
would cause seemingly illogical results, for example
"10-1-1-1" would yield "9" instead of "7" because
subtraction was handled in the wrong order. This fix
also makes mixed addition and subtraction possible.
NOTICE: Remember that all numbers going in and
coming out of the expression handler are hexadecimal,
NOT decimal! (joncampbell123) - Fixed simple expression handling in the debugger.
Revised hexadecimal vs register parsing so that
hexadecimal numbers that happen to start with
the name of certain CPU flag registers does not
cause confusing results. Prior to this fix,
hexadecimal numbers like "dfe" or "af0" were
impossible to enter without leading zeros or
quotes because the parser would confuse the
first digits with the DF and AF bits of the FLAGS
register. (joncampbell123) - Added menu options "AMD Athlon 600MHz" and "Pentium
III 866MHz EB" within the group "Emulate CPU speed"
(under "CPU") for CPU speeds to emulate. (Wengier) - Added support for archive, hidden, system attributes
on mounted local and overlay drives for non-Windows
platforms by using special file(s). (Wengier) - Added config option "special operation file prefix"
(in [dos] section) to speciay an alterantive file
prefix for DOSBox-X's special operations on mounted
local and overlay drives. (Wengier) - Added code page 3021 for the MIK character set used
by the Bulgarian language (as in FreeDOS). (Wengier) - Added language file for the Brazilian Portuguese,
available from Windows installer. (altiereslima) - For piping (|), DOSBox-X will now also try C: drive
as a temporary piping path if current directory is
read-only and the environment variable %TEMP% (or
%TMP%) is not set. (Wengier) - For clipboard copy, CR+LF will now be used instead
of LF on Windows for better compatibility. (Wengier) - Disk images are automatically mounted as read-only
(instead of failing) now if the image files are
read-only and the users do not explicitly specify
read-only mode for the disk images. (Wengier) - The default value of config option "autofixwarning"
(in [dos] section) is now "false", and it is now
changeable via CONFIG command. (Wengier) - The default output for Linux SDL1 builds is changed
from opengl to surface, unlike Linux SDL2 builds
whose default output remains opengl. (Wengier) - Native Windows menus is supported in Windows SDL2
builds just like Windows SDL1 builds. It is possible
to force SDL-drawn menus for both Windows SDL1 and
SDL2 builds at compile time. (Wengier) - Setting "windowposition" to "-" in the configuration
will leave DOSBox-X window position as is instead of
a specific position or being centered. (Wengier) - For printing, the SarasaGothicFixed TTF font will
also be searched for DBCS code pages. (Wengier) - Added config option "showdbcsnodosv" (in the [dosv]
section) which when set to true enables rendering of
Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters for DBCS code
pages in non-DOS/V, non-PC98, and non-TTF mode.
Video capturing started from TTF output will enable
DBCS characters when possible. (Wengier) - Changing DBCS code pages is supported for standard
modes (i.e. non-DOS/V, non-PC98 and non-TTF modes)
using CHCP command. (Wengier) - Fixed issues with certain DBCS characters for the
DOS/V system. (Wengier) - Fixed slow blinking text in TTF output. (Wengier)
- Fixed copying box drawing characters to clipboard
not working in non-TTF JEGA mode. (Wengier) - Fixed background for the Configuration Tool when
the TTF output is active. (Wengier) - Fixed DBCS characters not showing up when capturing
screenshots in TTF CJK mode, or they do not show up
properly in the Configuration Tool when "autodbcs"
is set to "false" in the configuration. (Wengier) - Fixed media keys presses by ignoring these keys in
Windows SDL1 builds. (maron2000) - Fixed IOCTL & ASPI interfaces for mounting physical
CD drives on the Windows platform. (Wengier) - Fixed the issue of loading scalers in the previous
version. A message box will only show up if you
append "prompt" to the scaler option. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X 0.83.21 2021-12-31 18:28
Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.
For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.
Happy New Year 2022!
0.83.21
- Release notes for this version:
https://dosbox-x.com/release-0.83.21.html - Improved clipboard copying & pasting for different
code pages including box-drawing characters in DBCS
code pages. Also, for the J-3100 mode, the selected
text will now be highlighted when you try to select
text for copying. (Wengier) - Improved IME support for Chinese/Japanese/Korean
languages on Windows builds. (Wengier) - Pausing the emulation will automatically release
the mouse and prevent mouse capture. (Wengier) - For Configuration Tool, a "..." button is added to
properties which have limited numbers of values so
that when clicking their possible values will be
shown in a new dialog and can be selected directly.
Also, more settings will be applied immediately when
modified from the Configuration Tool. (Wengier) - For Windows SDL1 builds, DOSBox-X will now try to
prevent the Windows menus from separating into more
than one lines due to small window width. (Wengier) - If a scaler as specified in the config may not work
as expected and if not forced, DOSBox-X will show a
a message box asking whether to load it. (Wengier) - Config option "pixelshader" now allows a shader file
name without the .fx extension, or a shader file in
the current directory. (Wengier) - Added support for ENET reliable UDP as an option for
modem and null-modem emulation. You can enable it
with "sock:1" option for modems/null-modems that are
connected with serial ports (COM1-COM9), such as
"serial1=modem listenport:5000 sock:1" for COM1 to
listen to port 5000 with reliable ENET UDP instead
of TCP connection. The feature is ported from DOSBox
Staging. (sduensin, GranMinigun, kcgen, Wengier) - Added new command-line option "-o" for providing
command-line option(s) if programs(s) are specified
to start when you launch DOSBox-X. An example:
dosbox-x program.exe -o "opt1 opt2". (Wengier) - Added special properties to CONFIG command including
"cd", "date", "errorlevel", "random", "time", and
"lastmount" so that commands like "CONFIG -GET cd"
and "CONFIG -GET errorlevel" will get current DOS
directory and ERRORLEVEL value. The returned value
will also be saved to %CONFIG% variable. (Wengier) - Added "Enter Debugger Command" button to "DOSBox-X
logging output" and "Code overview" windows (from
"Debug" menu") for users to enter some debugger
command(s) and see the result. (Wengier) - Added debugger commands DATE and TIME to view or
change DOSBox-X's internal date and time, using the
same date and time formats as the shell DATE and
TIME commands, e.g. "TIME 10:11:12". (Wengier) - Added config option "badcommandhandler" (in [dos]
section) which allows to specify a custom error
handler program before error message "Bad command
or file name" shows up in the DOS shell. (Wengier) - Added config option "stop turbo on key" (in [cpu]
section) which allows to automatically stop the
Turbo (fast forward) mode when a keyboard input
has been detected. (Wengier) - Added config option "fat32setversion" (in [dos]
section) which controls whether DOSBox-X should
automatically set reported DOS version to 7.0/7.10
when it's less than 7.0/7.10 and mounting LBA/FAT32
disk images is requested. It defaults to "ask" so
that DOSBox-X will ask in this case. (Wengier) - Added config option "j3100colorscroll" (in [dosv]
section) which defaults to "false" and allows the
J-3100 version of SimCity and VGA version of the
Toshiba Windows 3.1 to run, whereas CGA/EGA version
of the latter requires a "true" setting. (nanshiki) - Added config options (in "ethernet, slirp" section)
"tcp_port_forwards" and "udp_port_forwards" for port
forwarding when using the Slirp backend. (kcgen) - Added code pages 737 (Greek) and 775 (Baltic) for
the guest-to-host code page conversions. (Wengier) - Added UTF8 and UTF16 commands to convert UTF-8 and
UTF-16 text to view in the current code page. For
example, the command "UTF8 < UTF8TEXT.TXT" will
output converted text UTF8TEXT.TXT in the current
code page, and for UTF16 command there are optional
/BE & /LE options to specify endianness. (Wengier) - Added support for DBCS characters located in UNC
network paths of the form \COMPUTER\FOLDER\FILE
on the Windows platform. (Wengier) - Added hidden code page 951 for Big5-HKSCS encoding
or Big5 Unicode-At-On (Big5-UAO) encoding. Config
option "uao" is added in [ttf] section so that if
set to "true" code page 951 will use the Big5-UAO
encoding instead of the Big-HKSCS encoding, the
latter being the default for CP951. If ChinaSea is
enabled, ChinaSea characters will be used instead
of original characters in these encodings. (Wengier) - Added -nl option for MOUNT command to automatically
find the next available drive letter to mount if
the specified drive is already mounted. This allows
multiple directories to be mounted when DOSBox-X
starts with multiple [name] arguments. (Wengier) - Added HISTORY command to display or clear command-
line history for the internal DOS shell. (Wengier) - Added ASSOC command to view/change file extension
associations. You can define a command or program
to open a file with a specific file extension, e.g.
"assoc .txt=edit" to open .TXT files with the EDIT
command when entering the .TXT file name from the
DOS command line. Wildcards are allowed, such as
"assoc .*=dir", although in such case exceptions
including "assoc .com=com", "assoc .exe=exe", and
"assoc .bat=bat" are probably desired. (Wengier) - Commands CHOICE and COUNTRY are external commands
that appear on the Z drive (Z:/DOS/CHOICE.COM and
Z:/SYSTEM/COUNTRY.COM respectively) now rather than
internal shell commands. COUNTRY command now also
affects thousand and decimal separators. (Wengier) - The internal Virtual Drive Z: can now be rescanned
just like mounted local drives. (Wengier) - You can now change most config options in [printer]
section of the configuration for the virtual printer
with CONFIG -set commands. (Wengier) - Added missing ChinaSea characters in code page 950
with ChinaSea/Big5-2003 extension enabled. (Wengier) - Added support for Bash-shell completion for DOSBox-X
on non-Windows platforms. (rderooy & FeignInt) - Improved DBCS support for DOS commands including
ATTRIB, ECHO, TYPE, MORE, and TRUENAME. (Wengier) - Improved checking of segment limits. (joncampbell123)
- Mac OS X builds from now on will use an in-tree tool
to replace dylib references in all executable files.
XCode install_name_tool is no longer used, it became
a hypocondriac and is sitting in the corner screaming
about link edit data that doesn't fill a __LINKEDIT
segment. It is once again possible to make Mac OS X
ARM releases and to use dylib files from Brew doing
so. (joncampbell123) - Fix IPL1 partition choice debug message to actually
show the partition index chosen, not the -partidx
option variable, which if not given by the user, is
-1 and was reported as a very large unsigned
number. (joncampbell123) - Fixed command-line options -starttool & -startmapper
not showing messages from specified language file
for Configuration Tool and Mapper Editor. (Wengier) - Fixed an issue with RENDER_Reset function while
loading previously saved states. (yetmorecode) - Fixed E_Exit "RET from illegal descriptor type 0"
when running DirectX diagnostic program (dxdiag)
from a guest Windows 98 system. (Wengier) - Fixed "parallel?=file openwith:xxx" not working if
a file name is not provided. (Wengier) - Fixed crash in the following config combination:
output=ttf, machine=pc98, dosvfunc=true. (Wengier) - Fixed Disney sound source connecting to parallel
port not working in the previous version. (Wengier) - Fixed NET command from Windows for Workgroups 3.11
not working from the internal DOS shell. (Wengier) - Fixed MODE command options like "rate" and "delay"
not working if entered in upper cases. (Wengier) - Fixed command-line parameters (when launching
DOSBox-X) containing Chinese characters in code page
950 not working in Windows SDL2 builds. (Wengier) - Integrated commits from mainline (Allofich)
- Improve BIOS FDD motor timeout counter, most
notably for earlier PCs. Fixes a Chinese variant
of Space Harrier.
- Improve BIOS FDD motor timeout counter, most