Getting a program to work in dosbox-x

[grstatdoc-gr]

Hi...
I am wanting to run The Automated Scorebook for Baseball in DosBox-X. So far, I have the needed folders in DosBox-X and while the program runs, I am having some problems accessing files. So, I have the program directory mounted c:\tasbs, but I'm wondering if the subdirectories would be automatically accessible.
I'll mount screenshots if needed a bit later, since I'm not on the laptop that I have DosBox-X installed right now.

[rderooy]

You seem to be using a Windows PC. In that case it is probably best if you create a directory on the Windows host such as C:\dosroot or C:\Users\MyUser\dosroot

Then in that directory create (or move) your "tasbs" directory, such that you have something like C:\dosroot\tasbs on your Windows host. Now in DOSBox-X type mount c c:\dosroot and the "dosroot" directory will become your virtual C: drive in DOSBox-X.

If you now type DIR in DOSBox-X you should see the "tasbs" directory.

[grstatdoc-gr]

Thanks for the tip! Yes, I am using a Windows 11 laptop. I'll check it out a bit later. Mike Dean

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On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 1:14 PM Robert ***@***.***> wrote: You seem to be using a Windows PC. In that case it is probably best if you create a directory on the Windows host such as C:\dosroot or C:\Users\MyUser\dosroot Then in that directory create (or move) your "tasbs" directory, such that you have something like C:\dosroot\tasbs on your Windows host. Now in DOSBox-X type mount c c:\dosroot and the "dosroot" directory will become your virtual C: drive in DOSBox-X. If you now type DIR in DOSBox-X you should see the "tasbs" directory. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4310 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ARDZRGPBX7O4ZXDQWVHWIB3XJDZZFANCNFSM6AAAAAAYXLSE3Y> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[grstatdoc-gr]

Yes, I did follow the steps and and I can see the game schedule and load game files. Thanks!!!!
Now, my next step is to figure out how to run the Windows reports, but that involves a different step.

[grstatdoc-gr]

Well, after some trials, errors and tribulations, I got a Windows 98 guest running in DOSBox-X. Are there guides to getting TAS to run in that guest system I can consult, as I'm having having problems figuring out how to get the guest to see the DOSBox-X folder to access the program?
(I wound up moving the files to the DOSBox-X folder, since I had the understanding that I needed to mount that to install Win98, but I didn't need to...)

[rderooy]

On the wiki there is a page amount managing image files, that should help you with transferring files into a disk image.
http://dosbox-x.com/wiki/Guide%3AManaging-image-files-in-DOSBox%E2%80%90X

[grstatdoc-gr]

I am looking at this sequence in the wiki: IMGMOUNT C hdd.img MOUNT D . COPY D:\UNZIP.EXE C:\DOS I am not sure how the mount D . command works (I'm assuming I've started from the Z: prompt before running these commands)... So does the "." mean that the contents of C:\DOSBox-X\ is referred to here (the files I need are two subdirectories there)? Mike Dean

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On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 1:01 PM Robert ***@***.***> wrote: On the wiki there is a page amount managing image files, that should help you with transferring files into a disk image. http://dosbox-x.com/wiki/Guide%3AManaging-image-files-in-DOSBox%E2%80%90X — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4310 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ARDZRGJ5YVRJBLLG3QYPS33XNCKLJANCNFSM6AAAAAAYXLSE3Y> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[rderooy]

. is a reference to the CWD (Current Working Directory) on the host. You can replace it with any host path.

[grstatdoc-gr]

Thanks, I'll check it out on Monday and post results. Mike Dean

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On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 9:17 PM Robert ***@***.***> wrote: . is a reference to the CWD (Current Working Directory) on the host. You can replace it with any host path. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4310 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ARDZRGN5OL3CNVVSUJ6GGATXNEENTANCNFSM6AAAAAAYXLSE3Y> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[grstatdoc-gr]

More progress...
I got the needed directories on the hdd.img file and am running Win98 OK (fussing around with the best display size ... desktop is too small; fullscreen is too distorted, and not sure where to put the aspect=true option

fullresolution: What resolution to use for fullscreen: original, desktop or a fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).

Using your monitor's native resolution with aspect=true might give the best results.

I'm also struggling to find a way of, while in win98, sending files outside of it (without having to resort to copy or xcopy) ... I'm not sure if a network folder can be created (as I have between the host system and VirtualBox, by comparison)

[rderooy]

You can set a resolution in Win98 itself that suits your needs.

As to accessing a network folder from within Win98, yes that is in theory possible. This is a pretty advanced topic for which you need to setup networking in both DOSBox-X and in Win98.

Once that is working, you can try to connect to a SMB/CIFS server on your network. BUT Win98 only supports the very early SMBv1 protocol, which any modern SMB/CIFS server will no longer have enabled by default. And some don't even support any way of enabling SMBv1 any longer.