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DOSBox v0.63
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DOSBox v0.65
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=====
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=====
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While we are hoping that one day, DOSBox will run all programs
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ever made for the PC,we are not there yet. At present, DOSBox run on a high-
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end machine will roughly be the equivalent of a 486 PC. The 0.60
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ever made for the PC, we are not there yet. At present, DOSBox running on a
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high-end machine will roughly be the equivalent of a 486 PC. The 0.60
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release has added support for "protected mode" allowing for more complex and
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recent programs, but note that this support is still in an early stage of
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development and unlike the support for 386 real-mode games (or earlier) hasn't
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Q: I've got a Z instead of a C at the prompt.
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Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
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Q: The mouse doesn't work.
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Q: The sound stutters.
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Q: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
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Q: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
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Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
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Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
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@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ Q: Great README, but I still don't get it.
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Q: I've got a Z instead of a C at the prompt.
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A: You have to make your directories available as drives in DOSBox by using
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the "mount" command. For example, in Windows "mount C D:\" will give
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you a C in DOSBox which points to your Windows D:\ drive.
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In Linux, "mount c /home/username" will give you a C in DOSBox
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the "mount" command. For example, in Windows "mount C D:\GAMES" will give
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you a C drive in DOSBox which points to your Windows D:\GAMES directory.
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In Linux, "mount c /home/username" will give you a C drive in DOSBox
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which points to /home/username in Linux.
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you will have to lock the mouse manually by pressing CTRL-F10.
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Q: The sound stutters.
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Q: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
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A: You're using too much cpu power to keep DOSBox running at the current speed.
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You can lower the cycles, skip frames or get a faster machine.
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You can also increase the prebuffer in the configfile.
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Some possible fixes:
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1. Switch your keyboard layout.
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2. Use / instead.
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3. Add the commands you want to execute to the "configfile".
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4. Start the keymapper (CTRL-F1 or add -startmapper switch to DOSBox).
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5. Use ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
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6. for \ try the keys around "enter". For ":" try shift and the keys
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3. Open dosbox.conf and change usescancodes=false to usescancodes=true.
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4. Add the commands you want to execute to the "configfile".
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5. Start the keymapper (CTRL-F1 or add -startmapper switch to DOSBox).
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6. Use ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
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7. for \ try the keys around "enter". For ":" try shift and the keys
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between "enter" and "l" (US keyboard layout).
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7. Use keyb.com from FreeDOS (http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/).
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8. Use keyb.com from FreeDOS (http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/).
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Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
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3. Usage:
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An overview of the commandline options you can give to DOSBox.
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An overview of the command line options you can give to DOSBox.
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Windows Users must open cmd.exe or command.com or edit the shortcut to
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DOSBox.exe for this.
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The options are valid for all operating systems unless noted in the option
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dosbox -version
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name
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If "name" is a directory it'll mount that as the C: drive.
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If "name" is an executable it'll mount the directory of "name"
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If "name" is a directory it will mount that as the C: drive.
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If "name" is an executable it will mount the directory of "name"
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as the C: drive and execute "name".
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-exit
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For example:
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dosbox c:\atlantis\atlantis.exe -c "MOUNT D C:\SAVES"
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This mounts c:\atlantis as c:\ and run atlantis.exe.
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This mounts c:\atlantis as c:\ and runs atlantis.exe.
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Before it does that it would first mount C:\SAVES as the D drive.
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In Windows, you can also drag directories/files onto the DOSBox executable.
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is mounted. It will not be updated !!
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-aspi
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Forces to use the aspi layer. Only valid if mounting a cdrom under
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Forces use of the aspi layer. Only valid if mounting a cdrom under
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Windows systems with an ASPI-Layer.
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-ioctl
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Forces to use ioctl commands. Only valid if mounting a cdrom under
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Forces use of ioctl commands. Only valid if mounting a cdrom under
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a Windows OS which support them (Win2000/XP/NT).
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-usecd number
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Forces to use SDL cdrom support for drive number.
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Forces use of SDL cdrom support for drive number.
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Number can be found by -cd. Valid on all systems.
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-cd
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Hardware support is then missing.
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Basically, MOUNT allows you to connect real hardware to DOSBox's "emulated"
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PC. So MOUNT C C:\ tells DOSBox to use your real C: drive as drive C: in
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DOSBox. It also allows you to change the drive's letter identification for
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programs that demand specific drive letters.
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PC. So MOUNT C C:\GAMES tells DOSBox to use your C:\GAMES directory as drive
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C: in DOSBox. It also allows you to change the drive's letter identification
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for programs that demand specific drive letters.
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For example: Touche: Adventures of The Fifth Musketeer must be run on your C:
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drive. Using DOSBox and its mount command, you can trick the game into
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want it. For example, if the game is in D:\TOUCHE, the command MOUNT C D:\
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will allow you to run Touche from the D drive.
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Mounting your entire C drive with MOUNT C C:\ is NOT recommended!
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If you or DOSBox makes a mistake you may loose all your files.
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It's recommended to put all your applications/games in a subdirectory and
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mount that.
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General MOUNT Examples:
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1. To mount c:\DirX as a floppy :
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1. To create a configfile in your current directory:
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config -writeconf dosbox.conf
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2. To set the cpu cycles to 10000:
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config -set "cpu cycles=1000"
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config -set "cpu cycles=10000"
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3. To turn ems memory emulation off:
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config -set "dos ems=false"
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config -set "dos ems=off"
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4. To check which cpu core is being used.
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config -get "cpu core"
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diskimgN.img
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This can be any number of floppy disk images one wants mounted after
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DOSBox boots the specified drive letter.
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To swap between images, hit CTRL+F4 to change from the current disk
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and to the next disk in the list. The list will loop back from the last
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To swap between images, hit CTRL-F4 to change from the current disk
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to the next disk in the list. The list will loop back from the last
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disk image to the beginning.
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[-l driveletter]
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CTRL-F10 Capture/Release the mouse.
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CTRL-F11 Slow down emulation (Decrease DOSBox Cycles).
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CTRL-F12 Speed up emulation (Increase DOSBox Cycles).
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ALT-F12 Unlock speed (turbo button).
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These are the default keybindings. They can be changed in the keymapper.
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=============
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When you start the keymapper (either with CTRL-F1 or -startmapper as a
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commandline argument to the DOSBox executable) you are presented with
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command line argument to the DOSBox executable) you are presented with
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a virtual keyboard.
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This virtual keyboard corresponds to the keys DOSBox will report to its
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See the site:
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http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
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for an emailaddress (The Crew-page).
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for an email address (The Crew-page).
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* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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*/
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/* $Id: dos_programs.cpp,v 1.54 2006-02-26 16:07:27 qbix79 Exp $ */
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/* $Id: dos_programs.cpp,v 1.55 2006-02-28 15:13:00 qbix79 Exp $ */
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <string.h>
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default : WriteOut(MSG_Get("MSCDEX_UNKNOWN_ERROR")); break;
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};
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} else {
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/* Give a warning when mount c:\ or the / */
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#if defined (WIN32) || defined(OS2)
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if( (temp_line == "c:\\") || (temp_line == "C:\\")) WriteOut(MSG_Get("PROGRAM_MOUNT_WARNING_WIN"));
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#else
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if(temp_line == "/") WriteOut(MSG_Get("PROGRAM_MOUNT_WARNING_OTHER"));
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#endif
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newdrive=new localDrive(temp_line.c_str(),sizes[0],bit8size,sizes[2],sizes[3],mediaid);
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}
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} else {
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MOUNT_UMOUNT_NOT_MOUNTED","Drive %c isn't mounted.\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MOUNT_UMOUNT_SUCCES","Drive %c has succesfully been removed.\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MOUNT_UMOUNT_NO_VIRTUAL","Virtual Drives can not be unMOUNTed.\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MOUNT_WARNING_WIN","\033[31;1mMounting c:\\ is NOT recommended. Please mount a (sub)directory next time.\033[0m\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MOUNT_WARNING_OTHER","\033[31;1mMounting / is NOT recommended. Please mount a (sub)directory next time.\033[0m\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MEM_CONVEN","%10d Kb free conventional memory\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MEM_EXTEND","%10d Kb free extended memory\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_MEM_EXPAND","%10d Kb free expanded memory\n");
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"\033[33;1mCTRL-F10\033[0m : Capture/Release the mouse.\n"
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"\033[33;1mCTRL-F11\033[0m : Slow down emulation (Decrease DOSBox Cycles).\n"
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"\033[33;1mCTRL-F12\033[0m : Speed up emulation (Increase DOSBox Cycles).\n"
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"\033[33;1mALT-F12\033[0m : Unlock speed (turbo button).\n"
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);
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_BOOT_NOT_EXIST","Bootdisk file does not exist. Failing.\n");
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MSG_Add("PROGRAM_BOOT_NOT_OPEN","Cannot open bootdisk file. Failing.\n");
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