DosBox — a computer emulator for MS-DOS. The latest version is 0.74 — was released ten years ago. Recently, a stable version of the fork was released. A number of long-standing bugs have been fixed (for example, Arcade Volleyball is now functional), support for current versions of libraries has been added, and some conveniences have been introduced.
New:
- SDL 2.0 instead of 1.2
- Emulation of CD audio tracks from FLAC, Opus, Vorbis, MP3 files through imgmount (if you can, try ripping Loom from HotU).
- Improved scaling — clearer images for non-integer scales, the window can be stretched arbitrarily or used in fullscreen mode (currently only OpenGL).
- The command AUTOTYPE — emulation of keyboard input (useful for automating repetitive actions at the start of a session, like selecting a graphics card and skipping intros).
- The new default graphics settings match modern computers better.
- New mouse modes, in particular, seamless (not confined to the DosBox window, no need to unlock to click on another window).
- New OPL3 emulator (Sound Blaster and Adlib) — more accurate on powerful processors, faster on weaker ones.
- New configuration options during a session, including hotkeys.
- The configuration file is now saved in ~/.config/dosbox/ according to XDG specifications.
- Phone book for modem emulator.
- Dynamic recompilation for 64-bit platforms (provides consistent speed in some resource-intensive games).
- Emulation of monochrome CGA monitors (new cga_mono machine).
- Emulation of composite CGA (already existed in SVN since 2012).
- GLSL shaders for post-processing (was in SVN).
- DATE and TIME commands — allow programs in the emulator to report arbitrary dates (was in SVN).
- Overlays when mounting — the emulator reads and writes files in different directories but sees them as one, which is convenient for saving games (was in SVN).
- Experimental support for Wayland (may crash).
- Development transition to GitHub.
Removed:
- Support for OS/2.
- Support for Windows versions older than XP.
- Support for old DirectDraw (only D3D11 remains).
- Option output=overlay. The others remain.
- Option windowresolution = X%.
- 64-bit codec Zip Motion Blocks Video (32-bit remains).
- Support for audio tracks from physical CD-DA. However, they can still be mounted as directories.
- Support for audio track images of CD-DA in AIFF format.
Source: linux.org.ru
