Lectures du jour (1/2) :

“#Gopher Burrows On by Serge Keller” :
gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/log/2026-02-06-gopher-burrows-on-by-serge-keller/

“Study Finds Obvious Truth Everybody Knows” :
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/study-finds-obvious-truth/

“#DOSBox performance improvements on modern processors” :
https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/reviving/dosbox-performance-improvements.html

“How to Automate Local Backups between Linux Computers” (nécessite peut-être de whitelister votre adresse IP pour y accéder) :
https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/automated-backups.html

Status update on @DOSBox_Staging 0.83.0.

We're down to 10 relatively minor or largely fixed issues. We'll start by rolling out Release Candidate 1 once these are sorted out.

https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20sort%3Aupdated-desc%20milestone%3A0.83.0

#DOSBox #DOS #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

PCem & 86Box: PC Emulatoren für alte Retro Spiele

Während es bereits viele Möglichkeiten gibt, um ältere PC-Spiele auf modernen Systemen zum Laufen zu bringen (DOSBox, virtuelle Maschinen, ScummVM), bleibt das klassische Gaming-Gefühl oft auf der Strecke.

Doch was wäre, wenn es eine Lösung gäbe, die dieses nostalgische Flair einfangen könnte?
Tatsächlich gibt es einen Emulator, der diesem Anspruch gerecht wird.

https://www.creopard.de/pcem-86box-pc-emulator-alte-retro-spiele.htm

#PCem #86Box #DOSBox #ScummVM #retrogaming

DOSBox für Multiplayer Spiele einrichten: IPX #Netzwerk und (Null)Modem

Das Problem bei vielen alten (MSDOS) multiplayerfähigen Spielen liegt darin, dass sie das TCP/IP-Protokoll nicht beherrschen und somit nicht direkt über ein LAN oder das Internet miteinander kommunizieren können. Sie sind für Multiplayerpartien entweder auf das IPX-Protokoll angewiesen oder unterstützen nur serielle Modem- oder Nullmodem Verbindungen.

https://www.creopard.de/dosbox-fuer-multiplayer-spiele-einrichten-seriell-nullmodem-ipx-netzwerk-modem.htm

#DOSBox #ipx #Multiplayer #msdos #lan

Morning Fedi! I asked before one time what your favorite DOS games were, but now I wanna know, do you still play any DOS games today? It doesn't matter if it's a remake like System Shock or whatever, as long it was on DOS!

#dos #gaming #freedos #dosbox #retrogaming #ports

Meni tunteisiin! 🔥 :gull_scream:

#WackyWheels #Dosbox #DosGames #pelaaminen #gaming

Stuff to do before @DOSBox_Staging 0.83.0 release candidate ships:

https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3A0.83.0

Or just pushing a lot of those tickets to 0.84.0 to keep a good release cadence, we'll see:

https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3A0.84.0

#DOSBox

¿Cómo emulo el Roland SC-55 y el JP8000 en Ubuntu? #dosbox #emulación #emulador #instrumentos_virtuales #linux #lv2 #midi #música #roland #roland_jp8000 #roland_sc_55 #sintetizador #ubuntu #vst
https://ubuntuperonista.blogspot.com/2026/01/como-instalar-emulador-roland-sc55-roland-jp8000-en-ubuntu.html

Gmornin fedifam,

Its been a week rearranging network and home computer stuff but maaaaybe today Ill finally be back 100% as UPS says the final laptop is out for delivery. Woohooo

Late last night I got #dosbox goin and umm found like over 5000 old dos games Ill be picking through.

Amazing back then they could launch a whole game in a few megs and now it takes an hour d/l at megabit..

So pc tweakin, gamin and maybe some nappin.. thats todays plan

Party On my WASD friends 😁

#life

Got #dosbox and a heapin helpin of memories goin with a boatload of DOS games I umm.. found.. 😁

I had a Duke Nukem action figure on my workbench fixing packard bell win 3.1 to win 95 pcs when I was cutting my tech teeth.. When Id get frustrated Id ask Duke..reinstall? and he would always say..
Nuke It.

#memories
#DukeNukem

Aawww its been a while since Ive seen you guys...

#dosbox

IBM 5150 и разработка под самый первый PC

Есть много интересных способов провести новогодние праздники, но поскольку я уже старенький — вместо классических алкогольного угара, ведра оливье и просмотра «Иронии судьбы» выбрал себе более редкое и необычное занятие.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/982954/

#5150 #pcdos #borland #си #эмуляторы #dosbox #pce #freebsd #8080

Jonathan Campbell released #DOSBox-X version 2026.01.02. https://dosbox-x.com/

For the first time in ages, I've had a good afternoon writing code!

I've been working on #ecobj. I can now analyse six OMF record types (well, five and a bit) using some rough-and-ready Pascal. And I've started to get a picture of how the original ECOBJ.EXE moves the records around.

As far as I know, there are 10 record types that ECOBJ.EXE handles. So I'm over halfway there. Sort of.

Using the #TopSpeed Object Disassembler (TSDA) has really helped to make sure I'm heading in the right direction. #DOSBox makes this easy by letting me send the output from TSDA.EXE to a file, so I can view it on Linux.

Running this code crashes my #DOSBox. Either by “Exit to error: Illegal GRP4 Call 2” or a segfault. 🤔

base64-encoded .COM binary, padded:

Mf+0CboUAc0huf//86u6MgHNIcNJJ20gZ29ubmEgY3Jhc2ggeW91ISBVd1UgLi4uICRObyBjcmFzaD8/PwoNByQ///UwU///diffie///2025///

(Run “base64 -d the_text.txt > crash.com” on a Unix-ish system to make a .COM. Prints a text and tries to crash the DOSBox, exits with a message and a beep otherwise.)

Blood: Refreshed Supply™ ships with @DOSBox_Staging 0.82.2 on Steam.

Thanks to our comrades at Nightdive Studios for choosing our product!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3884520/Blood_Refreshed_Supply/

https://steamdb.info/depot/3884521/

#DOSBox #RetroGaming #BloodGame #NightdiveStudios

Playing the game I enjoyed playing 30 years ago...

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Begin_-_A_Tactical_Starship_Simulation_1989

#DOS #DOSGaming #FreeBSD #FreeBSDGaming #BSD #BSDGaming #RunBSD #RetroGaming #swaywm #LossyPNG #DOSBox #DosBoxX

@sebsauvage : Et le cas le plus emblématique, c'est celui du plus merveilleux des #casseBriques, l'extraordinaire PopCorn, quasi injouable sous #Dosbox /o\

Having fun with #Dosbox on #MocaccinoOS #Linux.

You can download #SimCity2000 here:
https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimCity_2000_SE_1995

#Gaming

I just completed "Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 of #AdventOfCode in #TurboPascal. Only in #DOSBox for now, until I get back home and run it on the real #Xi8088 hardware.

I can already tell that parsing the input file will take a lot longer than solving!

(No spoiler in the picture)

#Retrocomputing #Pascal #DOScember