Re: A new version of Win31DOSBox

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Hello Edward,

I am still using some custom Type 1 fonts created with Win 3.1 tools
like Fontographer and Fontmonger. As I experienced some odd behavior in
embedding some of fonts in modern applications, I decided to have a look
into the fonts with the tools that were used to build them. I installed
Fontographer, Fontmonger and Fontminder into DOSBox-X. While I have not
done any extensive testing, my feeling is that this version is worse
than the original DOSBoxW3. I had occasional freezes, waiting for
keyboard input getting through, changing focus to and fro problems,
difficulties with Autosizer placement, etc. The original version seems
rock-solid compared to this.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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Edward Mendelson kirjoitti 4.6.2018 klo 21:03:
> I’ve put together a variant of that system that uses the DOSBox-X
> variant of DOSBox (by Jonathan Campbell). It’s functionally identical to
> the original version (fixing one or two very small problems) but it may
> be more reliable. DOSBox-X is designed to act more like a real computer
> than the original DOSBox, and this may help Win 3.11 to run more
> smoothly. The download link is here:
>
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/Win31DOSBox-X.zip
> http://www.columbia.edu/%7Eem36/Win31DOSBox-X.zip
>
>
> If you have an existing system, simply copy the C-DRIVE folder from your
> existing system to the new one, then run Win31DOSBox.exe in the new
> system. It should work exactly as the old one did.
>
>
> If this turns out to be trouble-free, I’ll replace the original version
> with the new one.