From: fv@nospam.tcenl.com   
      
   Jason Burgon schreef:   
   > "Markus.Humm"  wrote in message   
   > news:45ba404c$0$4961$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de...   
   >> Jason Burgon schrieb:   
   >   
   >>>  I could just reprogram the timer register anyway, but   
   >>> this ~might~ break some real DOS'es.   
   >> Why not implement a command line switch for this?   
   >   
   > That's one way around it yes.   
   >   
   >>> Other DOSBox problems:   
   >>>   
   >>> (1) It only provides 2MB of video memory.   
   >> Did you already request a upgrade of dosbox's graphics card? ;-)   
   >   
   > I've no idea why they've placed these artificial limits on it, with no way   
   > (that I can see) to change them. Presumably they have their reasons.   
   >   
   >>> (2) The maximum screen resolution seems to be limited to 1024x768   
   >>> (3) Long file names are not supported.   
   >> Oh! That's bad but I fear LFNs are just out of their scope.   
   >   
   > Which effectively makes DOSBox unsuitable as a GV platform. DOSBox is only   
   > an environment for playing old DOS games. :-(   
   >   
   Actually I was curious to know if GV could do other than normal screen   
   resolutions without a shell like dosbox.   
      
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