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Old March 30th 12, 10:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Rugxulo
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Default Running an old DOS program

Hi,

Industrial One wrote:

The application itself is around 300 KB, the roms are between 2 to 6
MB. RAM usage shouldn't be above 60 MB.


60 MB? Okay, not that surprised, even DJGPP stuff uses a lot these
days, but it seems overkill for a few MB of data.

I set up DOS 7.1 with Virtualbox because this was more intuitive than
having to restart the comp every time to get around issues.


Yes, of course.

This virtualization **** is kinda cool, the only disappointing thing is the
fact that I can't browse my regular OS from it. The only way I could
copy files to the virtual DOS is making a CD ISO of the directory with
my app and loading from there.


You may be able to use MS NET and/or an FTP server. Check
lazybrowndog's networking guide. (Or if you later try VMware, then try
Eduardo's VMSMOUNT tool.)

http://lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/

This has failed, though. There is no sound and the emulator freezes
the moment I tried to load a game. How do you set color depth on
Virtualbox btw? It says its on 32-bit and needs 16-bit but I don't see
such option anywhere.


Yeah, VBox has quite a few bugs in DOS emulation. If your cpu has VT-X
(which I guess not, sadly), it should work okay though. Too bad more
cpus don't support it.