[01:52] *** azakai has joined #jsmess [02:23] SketchCow, do people consider VICE to be smoother than DOSBox? Or are they about the same? [04:10] Reason I may seem obsessed is just my code currently has a timing rework in it and I want to figure out if I should just move ahead with it, before I start more builds [05:00] *** azakai has quit IRC (west.us.hub irc.Prison.NET) [05:06] *** azakai_ has joined #jsmess [05:25] *** i0npulse has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [05:47] *** i0npulse has joined #jsmess [05:51] *** Pengan has joined #jsmess [08:04] Sgeo__: I added the -chdir [08:04] So that works [08:04] I consider that issue closed and it's on me to combine the relevant images [09:38] *** Pengan has quit IRC (Quit: Going offline, see ya! (www.adiirc.com)) [10:02] *** ted has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [11:03] *** ted has joined #jsmess [11:09] *** SketchCow has quit IRC (hub.efnet.us west.us.hub) [11:09] *** bai has quit IRC (hub.efnet.us west.us.hub) [11:15] *** SketchCow has joined #jsmess [11:15] *** bai has joined #jsmess [11:15] *** irc.mzima.net sets mode: +o bai [12:25] *** balrog has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [12:25] *** balrog has joined #jsmess [12:26] *** datajerk has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [12:26] *** shattered has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [12:26] *** shattered has joined #jsmess [13:07] *** datajerk has joined #jsmess [15:30] *** azakai_ has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [16:53] *** Kirkman has joined #jsmess [17:14] Hi guys. I have a DOS question, not really jsmess. But I figured there might be someone here who could help. If not, no worries. I'm trying to run an old DOS program.. It's a "chain" for WWIV BBSes, called TradeWars 2001 (not the later TradeWars 2002). Whenever I try to execute a program which requires a parameter, I get "I/O Errors" and I can't figure out what they mean. [17:14] For example, if I put "EXTERN CHAIN.TXT" to call the extern.com program, the program aborts with "I/O Error 01, PC=835E" [17:15] Or similarly if I try "TW2001 CHAIN.TXT" to call the main TW2001 program, it aborts with "I/O Error 01, PC=A128". [17:16] This is happening inside DOSBOX. I've tried it many times off and on in both 0.74 and the latest 0.74-2. [17:16] Anyway, does anyone know DOS well enough to suggest what I'm doing wrong (or need to change)? [18:15] perhaps it doesn't like dosbox disk simulation [18:15] not sure if it presents the disks as local or networked [18:15] what if you put the file on a simulated floppy? [18:43] Now that I'm looking at this more, I think these might be Turbo Pascal errors rather than DOS errors [18:45] Maybe "01 File does not exist" http://computer-programming-forum.com/29-pascal/cb72317ba1fa691d.htm [18:46] I know dosbox's dos simulation is not complete, particularly in areas that are used by non-game software [18:46] I did have an "F1" error earlier when the CHAIN.TXT file I was using referenced nonexistent drives (G: and E:, which I changed to C: and C:) [18:47] so you may need to use a DOS boot disk in dosbox or a full emulator like MAME [18:48] I hadn't thought about MAME. I'll give that a try.