Domingo, 24 of September of 2006
It executes programs and games of MSDOS in the Palm
The veteran MSDOS, operating system that the youngest readers perhaps do not know, has partly been carried several times to our Palm. It was tried using the emulator of Atari ST for Palm CaSTAway, and also an implementation was made of the called shell of MSDOS VFSDOS, that nonemulator, since it cannot execute native programs of MSDOS directly.
VFSDOS is a shell of MSDOS for PalmOS
But this time port is being made completely functional, in particular using the emulator DosBox, so useful to execute games and old programs of MSDOS in modern computers. The author or announced his work in August, and by the sight the thing has advanced, since we can see in TamsPalm captures of the emulator working in a Tungsten C. Although the code is still full of errors, is everything an advance to see like programs like QBasic, DOSShell or Word 5,5 begins correctly. What memories, truth? I will not coil myself with batallitas of how I began in the world of computer science with my clónico beloved 286 to 16MHz and 512Kb of ram.
Ejecutándos QBasic and DOSShell in a Tungsten C
The conclusions at which they have arrived on the project after analyzing it, still being in so early phase, are good:
- The emulation of the CPU works without too many problems (although relatively slow).
- It supports to way text of 80×25 and 80×43 characters (in color).
- Access to VFS (that is to say, expansion boards).
- The mouse controls itself with the touch screen (although still he is descalibrado).
- The Graffiti2 of Tungsten C was not recognized (text could not be written).
According to they comment, all the necessary programs come in a file PRC from only 400Kb. Some options of the program are formed from the menus, whereas others are in the file dosbox.conf, in the expansion board, like in the version for PC from which it derives.
QBasic in way hi-res of 43 lines
Not yet there is version to unload publicly, mainly because he is still very unstable and it requires many improvements, but is a project that will be to follow close by: to program in QBasic, to play old woman games of MSDOS… sounds too interesting for the lovers of, many, forward edge of commandos who we knew.
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It is the wonderful news and he leaves just when he was looking for a form to take with me the surroundings to me of programming of Modulate: until now I have only found emulators that work in PocketPC and, the truth, damn the desire that I must to return to use one of those earthenware vessels.
Yes, there are many programs of MSDOS that would be very useful in a PDA. I am also eager which it leaves a public version of this emulator.
And estara implemented format c:? Memory the time that my brother did that in the first PC which we had in the house… 386SX, and still nonteniamos much idea of the computer… my father was VERY contented…
The emulator that this being created works for programs written in GWBasic?
If it is made work the interpreter of GWBasic in this emulator of MSDOS, the programs will be able to be executed that work with him. I suppose, never I have used GWBasic.