Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-16 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, waterlan! > Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47: >> Greetings, waterlan! >> > I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin > POSIX layer here. You could say the same of many packages. If you want to run MinGW or MSYS, go right ahead.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-16 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:36 PM, waterlan wrote: > I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use it. I do have need to use it occasionally, and I am appreciative that it's now included in the Cygwin repository now. I was able to uninstall the old version I had. It's

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-16 Thread waterlan
Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47: Greetings, waterlan! I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin POSIX layer here. You could say the same of many packages. If you want to run MinGW or MSYS, go right ahead. If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in and

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-16 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, waterlan! >>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin >>> POSIX layer here. >> >> You could say the same of many packages. If you want to run MinGW or >> MSYS, go right ahead. If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in >> and of its own, then the more

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-16 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:57 AM, waterlan wrote: > I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX. I would also not > run Wine or VirtualBox under Cygwin. It only adds slowness. There are people who run Cygwin under Wine, so the circle is now complete :) Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread waterlan
Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-16 01:03: On 2016-02-15 17:46, waterlan wrote: Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12: On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote: Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin??? 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS progr

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2016-02-15 17:46, waterlan wrote: Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12: On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote: Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin??? 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS programs. I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Wi

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread waterlan
Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12: On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote: Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin??? 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS programs. I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin POSIX la

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote: Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin??? 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS programs. -- Yaakov -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documenta

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread Erwin Waterlander
Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin??? Op 15-2-2016 om 18:13 schreef Yaakov Selkowitz: The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * dosbox-0.74-2 DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running

[ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

2016-02-15 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * dosbox-0.74-2 DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems. -- Yaak