Add patch 3461824: Readme fixes by clem
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@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ CD-ROM: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
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To enable SDL-support (does not include low-level CD access!):
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- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl
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To enable ioctl access using digital audio extraction for CD audio
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(windows-only, useful for Vista):
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(Windows-only, useful for Vista):
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- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_dx
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To enable ioctl access using MCI for CD audio (windows-only):
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To enable ioctl access using MCI for CD audio (Windows-only):
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- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_mci
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To force ioctl-only access (windows-only):
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To force ioctl-only access (Windows-only):
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- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl_dio
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To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
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- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -aspi
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@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ SOUND: There is no sound.
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Be sure that the sound is correctly configured in the game. This might be
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done during the installation or with a setup/setsound utility that
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accompanies the game. First see if an autodetection option is provided. If
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there is none try selecting Soundblaster or Soundblaster 16 with the default
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there is none try selecting SoundBlaster or SoundBlaster 16 with the default
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settings being "address=220 irq=7 dma=1" (sometimes highdma=5). You might
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also want to select Sound Canvas/SCC/MPU-401/General MIDI/Wave Blaster
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at "address=330 IRQ=2" as music device.
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@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ SOUND: There is no sound.
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configuration and use some lower fixed cycles value (like cycles=2000). Also
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assure that your host operating sound does provide sound.
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In certain cases it might be useful to use a different emulated sound device
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like a soundblaster pro (sbtype=sbpro1 in the DOSBox configuration file) or
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the gravis ultrasound (gus=true).
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like a SoundBlaster Pro (sbtype=sbpro1 in the DOSBox configuration file) or
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the Gravis Ultrasound (gus=true).
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SOUND: What sound hardware does DOSBox presently emulate?
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@ -182,21 +182,21 @@ SOUND: What sound hardware does DOSBox presently emulate?
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digital sound output through the internal speaker.
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- Creative CMS/Gameblaster
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The is the first card released by Creative Labs(R). The default
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configuration places it on address 220. It is disabled as default.
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configuration places it on address 220. It is disabled by default.
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- Tandy 3 voice
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The emulation of this sound hardware is complete with the exception of
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the noise channel. The noise channel is not very well documented and as
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such is only a best guess as to the sound's accuracy. It is disabled as
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default.
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- Tandy DAC
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Some games may require turning off sound blaster emulation (sbtype=none)
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for better tandy DAC sound support. Don't forget to set the sbtype back to
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sb16 if you don't use tandy sound.
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Some games may require turning off SoundBlaster emulation (sbtype=none)
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for better Tandy DAC sound support. Don't forget to set the sbtype back to
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sb16 if you don't use Tandy sound.
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- Adlib
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This emulation is almost perfect and includes the Adlib's ability to
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almost play digitized sound. Placed at address 220 (also on 388).
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- SoundBlaster 16 / SoundBlaster Pro I & II / SoundBlaster I & II
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By default DOSBox provides Soundblaster 16 level 16-bit stereo sound.
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By default DOSBox provides SoundBlaster 16 level 16-bit stereo sound.
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You can select a different SoundBlaster version in the configuration of
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DOSBox. AWE32 music is not emulated as you can use MPU-401 instead
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(see below).
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The emulation of this hardware is nearly complete, though the MIDI
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capabilities have been left out, since an MPU-401 has been emulated
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in other code. For Gravis music you also have to install Gravis drivers
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inside DOSBox. It is disabled as default.
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inside DOSBox. It is disabled by default.
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- MPU-401
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A MIDI passthrough interface is also emulated. This method of sound
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output will only work when used with external device/emulator.
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Every Windows XP/Vista/7 and MAC OS has got a default emulator compatible
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with: Sound Canvas/SCC/General Standard/General MIDI/Wave Blaster.
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A different device/emulator is needed for Roland LAPC/CM-32L/MT-32
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compatibility.
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Every Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X has got a default emulator
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compatible with: Sound Canvas/SCC/General Standard/General MIDI/Wave
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Blaster. A different device/emulator is needed for
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Roland LAPC/CM-32L/MT-32 compatibility.
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SOUND: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
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@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ CRASH: The game/application does not run at all/crashes!
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Look at Section 11: "Troubleshooting".
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CRASH: DOSBox crashes on startup!.
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CRASH: DOSBox crashes on startup!
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Look at Section 11: "Troubleshooting".
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@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ See Section 13: "The configuration (options) file".
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To be able to use Command Line Parameters:
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(Windows) open cmd.exe or command.com or edit the shortcut to dosbox.exe
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(Linux) use console
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(MAC OS X) start terminal.app and navigate to:
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(Mac OS X) start terminal.app and navigate to:
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/applications/dosbox.app/contents/macos/dosbox
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The options are valid for all operating systems unless noted in the option
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@ -378,15 +378,15 @@ dosbox -erasemapper
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-machine machinetype
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Setup DOSBox to emulate a specific type of machine. Valid choices are:
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hercules, cga, ega, pcjr, tandy, svga_s3 (default) as well as
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the additional svga chipsets listed in the DOSBox configuration file.
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svga_s3 enables vesa emulation as well.
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For some special vga effects the machinetype vgaonly can be used,
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note that this disables svga capabilities and might be slower due to the
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the additional SVGA chipsets listed in the DOSBox configuration file.
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svga_s3 enables VESA emulation as well.
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For some special VGA effects the machinetype vgaonly can be used,
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note that this disables SVGA capabilities and might be slower due to the
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higher emulation precision.
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The machinetype affects the video card and the available sound cards.
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-noconsole (Windows Only)
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Start DOSBox without showing DOSBox Status Window (console).
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Start DOSBox without showing the DOSBox status window (console).
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Output will be redirected to stdout.txt and stderr.txt
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-startmapper
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@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ MOUNT -u "Emulated Drive letter"
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Forces use of the SDL CD-ROM layer. Valid on all systems.
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-usecd number
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Valid on all systems, under windows the -noioctl switch has to be
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Valid on all systems, under Windows the -noioctl switch has to be
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present to make use of the -usecd switch.
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Enables to select the drive that should be used by SDL. Use this if
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the wrong or no CD-ROM drive is mounted while using the SDL CD-ROM
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@ -1075,8 +1075,8 @@ 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/fast forward)**.
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CTRL-ALT-HOME Restart DOSBox.
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F11, ALT-F11 (machine=cga) change tint in NTSC output modes***
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F11 (machine=hercules) cycle through amber, green, white colouring***
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F11, ALT-F11 (machine=cga) change tint in NTSC output modes***.
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F11 (machine=hercules) cycle through amber, green, white colouring***.
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*NOTE: Once you increase your DOSBox cycles beyond your computer CPU resources,
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it will produce the same effect as slowing down the emulation.
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These are the default keybindings. They can be changed in the keymapper
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(see Section 7: "KeyMapper").
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In MAC OS you can try using cmd(applekey) together with Ctrl if the key doesn't
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work eg. cmd-ctrl-F1, but some keys may still need remapping (in Linux too).
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In Mac OS X you can try using cmd(applekey) together with Ctrl (and/or ) Fn,
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if the key doesn't work i.e. fn-cmd-ctrl-F1, but some keys may still need
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remapping (in Linux too).
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Saved/recorded files can be found in:
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(Windows) "Start/WinLogo Menu"->"All Programs"->DOSBox-0.74->Extras
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(Linux) ~/.dosbox/capture
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(MAC OS X) "~/Library/Preferences/capture"
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(Mac OS X) "~/Library/Preferences/capture"
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This can be changed in the DOSBox configuration file.
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@ -1136,7 +1137,7 @@ connected, or with a different joystick setting, your new setting will not work
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properly, or not work at all, until you reset DOSBox's mapperfile.
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If controller is working properly outside DOSBox, but doesn't calibrate properly
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inside DOSBox, try different 'timed' setting in DOSBox's configuration file.
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inside DOSBox, try a different 'timed' setting in DOSBox's configuration file.
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7. KeyMapper:
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=============
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You start the DOSBox mapper either with CTRL-F1 (see Section 5: "Special Keys")
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or -startmapper (see Section 3: "Command Line Parameters").
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Start the DOSBox mapper either with CTRL-F1 (see Section 5: "Special Keys") or
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-startmapper (see Section 3: "Command Line Parameters").
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You are presented with a virtual keyboard and a virtual joystick.
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These virtual devices correspond to the keys and events DOSBox will
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mapped key X. Click "Del".
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Examples about remapping the joystick:
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Examples of remapping the joystick:
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You have a joystick attached, it is working fine under DOSBox and you
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want to play some keyboard-only game with the joystick (it is assumed
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that the game is controlled by the arrows on the keyboard):
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If you want to remap anything to your d-pad/hat you will have to change
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'joysticktype=auto' to 'joysticktype=fcs' in configuration file. Maybe this
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will be improved in the next dosbox version.
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will be improved in the next DOSBox version.
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If you change the default mapping, you can save your changes by clicking on
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===================
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To switch to a different keyboard layout, either the entry "keyboardlayout"
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in the [dos] section of the DOSBox configuration file can be used, or the
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internal DOSBox program keyb.com (Section 4: "Internal Programs"). Both accept
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in the [dos] section of the DOSBox configuration file or the internal DOSBox
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program keyb.com (Section 4: "Internal Programs") can be used. Both accept
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DOS conforming language codes (see below), but only by using keyb.com a
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custom codepage can be specified.
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The default keyboardlayout=auto currently works under windows only. The language
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The default keyboardlayout=auto currently works under Windows only. The language
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is chosen according to the OS language, but the keyboard layout is not detected.
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Layout switching
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* port: - TCP port number. Default: 23
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* rxdelay: - how long (milliseconds) to delay received data if the
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interface is not ready. Increase this value if you encounter
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overrun errors in the DOSBox Status Window. Default: 100
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overrun errors in the DOSBox status window. Default: 100
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* txdelay: - how long to gather data before sending a packet. Default: 12
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(reduces Network overhead)
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* server: - This nullmodem will be a client connecting to the specified
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====================
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General tip:
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Check messages in DOSBox Status Window. See Section 12: "DOSBox Status Window".
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Check messages in the DOSBox status window. See Section 12: "DOSBox Status Window".
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DOSBox crashes right after starting it:
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- use different values for the output= entry in your DOSBox
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12. DOSBox Status Window:
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=========================
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DOSBox's Staus window contains many useful information about your currant
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configuration, your actions in DOSBox, errors that happened and more.
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Whenever you have any problem with DOSBox check these messages.
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DOSBox's status window contains useful information about your current
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configuration, your actions in DOSBox, errors which occurred and more.
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Check these messages in case you encounter any problems with DOSBox.
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To start DOSBox Status Window:
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(Windows) Status Window is being started together with main DOSBox window.
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(Linux) You may have to start DOSBox from a console to see Status Window.
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(MAC OS X) Right click on DOSBox.app, choose "Show Package Contents"->
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To display the DOSBox status window:
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(Windows) The status window is being started together with main DOSBox window.
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(Linux) You may have to start DOSBox from a console to see the status window.
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(Mac OS X) Right click on DOSBox.app, choose "Show Package Contents"->
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->enter "Contents"->enter "MacOS"->run "DOSBox"
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The file can be found in:
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(Windows) "Start/WinLogo Menu"->"All Programs"->DOSBox-0.74->Options
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(Linux) ~/.dosbox/dosbox-0.74.conf
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(MAC OS X) "~/Library/Preferences/DOSBox 0.74 Preferences"
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(Mac OS X) "~/Library/Preferences/DOSBox 0.74 Preferences"
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The file is divided into several sections. Each section starts with a
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[section name] line. The settings are the property=value lines where value can
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be altered to customize DOSBox.
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