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      AdamBeGood @Folly
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      @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @folly Ah well, I guess I will just have to deal with it. There was some issue like this on DosBox before I changed something in the config file.

      Did you ever experiment with lr-dosbox ?

      I did, and it seems to work quite good, you know.
      Just run .exe or make .bat files. and run this. just like a .cmd or .m3u

      I've always been able to do what I wanted with dosbox, so didn't feel the need to try the libretro version.

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        Folly @Zering
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        @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

        @folly I was actually wondering how to use lr-dosbox, since you can't easily use DOS launching games seems quite haphazard.

        lr-dosbox :
        Here I have an example of Lemming 3 :

        This is in directory 3D Lemmings Winterland (1995) (eXoDOS) :
        lemmi3d -> containing the hd files (no images)
        lm3d.cd ->directory containing just 2 nessesary files (no images)
        lemmi3d.BAT
        setup.BAT

        lemmi3d.BAT :

        mount D LM3D.CD
        cd lemmi3d
        L3D
        

        setup.BAT:

        mount D LM3D.CD
        cd lemmi3d
        SETUP
        
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          Zering @Folly
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          @folly So then you select the .bat files in ES and the game runs?

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            Folly @Zering
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            @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

            @folly So then you select the .bat files in ES and the game runs?

            Yes.

            Above example is not the best.
            I have a better one.

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              Zering @Folly
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              @folly If anything I'd be more interested in something like System Shock, which uses a CD.

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                Folly
                last edited by Folly

                lr-dosbox:
                file structure :

                RAYMAN.BAT
                cd/RAYMAN.bin
                cd/RAYMAN.cue
                RAYMAN/<harddrive files>(no image file)

                RAYMAN.BAT:

                @echo off
                imgmount D cd/RAYMAN.cue -t iso
                C:
                cd C:\RAYMAN
                rayman.exe save=C:\RAYMAN
                
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                  Zering @Folly
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                  @folly Are your bin and cue in a separate directory inside the main folder in this instance?

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                    Folly @Zering
                    last edited by Folly

                    @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                    @folly Are your bin and cue in a separate directory inside the main folder in this instance?

                    Yes
                    And hd files are also in a seperate RAYMAN directory.

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                      Zering @Folly
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                      @folly So essentially you're putting the commands in the .bat file you'd normally input into DOS?

                      So if I created a blood.bat file it would be :

                      cd blood
                      blood.exe

                      Right?

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                        Folly @Zering
                        last edited by Folly

                        @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                        @folly So essentially you're putting the commands in the .bat file you'd normally input into DOS?

                        So if I created a blood.bat file it would be :

                        cd blood
                        blood.exe

                        Right?

                        Yes that should work.
                        You can remove .exe

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                          Zering @Folly
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                          @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                          lr-dosbox:
                          file structure :

                          RAYMAN.BAT
                          cd/RAYMAN.bin
                          cd/RAYMAN.cue
                          RAYMAN/<harddrive files>(no image file)

                          RAYMAN.BAT:

                          @echo off
                          imgmount D cd/RAYMAN.cue -t iso
                          C:
                          cd C:\RAYMAN
                          rayman.exe save=C:\RAYMAN
                          

                          So I'm trying to figure out what's going on here.
                          Imgmount is mounting the CD image.
                          C: is indicating to DOS where to look for RAYMAN?
                          I can't tell what echo off and save=C:\RAYMAN are meant to do.

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                            Folly @Zering
                            last edited by Folly

                            @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                            @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                            lr-dosbox:
                            file structure :

                            RAYMAN.BAT
                            cd/RAYMAN.bin
                            cd/RAYMAN.cue
                            RAYMAN/<harddrive files>(no image file)

                            RAYMAN.BAT:

                            @echo off
                            imgmount D cd/RAYMAN.cue -t iso
                            C:
                            cd C:\RAYMAN
                            rayman.exe save=C:\RAYMAN
                            

                            So I'm trying to figure out what's going on here.
                            Imgmount is mounting the CD image.

                            Yep

                            C: is indicating to DOS where to look for RAYMAN?

                            Yep (EDIT: tip from adambegood -> not necessary in this example)

                            I can't tell what echo off and save=C:\RAYMAN are meant to do.

                            "echo off" -> you don't see the commands while loading (not necessary)
                            "save=" -> game specific, I think

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                              Folly
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                              @Zering

                              I also run Philips P2000 on lr-dosbox :
                              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7271/philips-p2000/3

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                                Zering @Folly
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                                @folly I did not even know the P2000 existed.
                                You keep giving me things to tinker with! ^^

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                                  Folly @Zering
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                  @folly I did not even know the P2000 existed.
                                  You keep giving me things to tinker with! ^^

                                  Cool, isn't it ?

                                  Seems that cas support is now added in lr-mess for Philips P2000.
                                  So I have to try.
                                  But I think display is still monochrome.

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                                    AdamBeGood @Zering
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                                    @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                    @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                    lr-dosbox:
                                    file structure :

                                    RAYMAN.BAT
                                    cd/RAYMAN.bin
                                    cd/RAYMAN.cue
                                    RAYMAN/<harddrive files>(no image file)

                                    RAYMAN.BAT:

                                    @echo off
                                    imgmount D cd/RAYMAN.cue -t iso
                                    C:
                                    cd C:\RAYMAN
                                    rayman.exe save=C:\RAYMAN
                                    

                                    So I'm trying to figure out what's going on here.
                                    Imgmount is mounting the CD image.
                                    C: is indicating to DOS where to look for RAYMAN?
                                    I can't tell what echo off and save=C:\RAYMAN are meant to do.

                                    DOSBOX mounts /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc as the C:\ drive by default.

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                                      Folly
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      Dosbox (standalone):
                                      This is also a nice example on how to run, for example, Philips P2000 with a game :

                                      Lazy-Bugs.sh :

                                      #!/bin/bash
                                      /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox -fullscreen -scaler normal3x -c "@echo off" -c "mount c: ~/RetroPie/roms/EmuOnDos/Philips_P2000T" -c "cls" -c "c:" -c "m2000 -verbose 0 -boot 1 -tape games/Lazy-Bug.cas" -c "exit"
                                      

                                      Batch (.bat) commands are integrated in the .sh script with [-c "etc...."].

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                                        AdamBeGood @Zering
                                        last edited by

                                        @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                        @folly I did not even know the P2000 existed.
                                        You keep giving me things to tinker with! ^^

                                        It's so retro! Proper old school. I've never heard of it before either.

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                                          Folly @AdamBeGood
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                                          @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                          @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                          @folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                          lr-dosbox:
                                          file structure :

                                          RAYMAN.BAT
                                          cd/RAYMAN.bin
                                          cd/RAYMAN.cue
                                          RAYMAN/<harddrive files>(no image file)

                                          RAYMAN.BAT:

                                          @echo off
                                          imgmount D cd/RAYMAN.cue -t iso
                                          C:
                                          cd C:\RAYMAN
                                          rayman.exe save=C:\RAYMAN
                                          

                                          So I'm trying to figure out what's going on here.
                                          Imgmount is mounting the CD image.
                                          C: is indicating to DOS where to look for RAYMAN?
                                          I can't tell what echo off and save=C:\RAYMAN are meant to do.

                                          DOSBOX mounts /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc as the C:\ drive by default.

                                          Indeed your right :

                                          C:
                                          

                                          Not necessary.

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                                            Folly
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                                            Some P2000 screenshots ;-)

                                            2020-11-24-182636_800x600_scrot-resized.png 2020-11-24-182734_800x600_scrot-resized.png

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