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PIL-box <- EMU41 <- Dosbox <- Linux
Message #1 Posted by Geir Isene on 30 Jan 2010, 4:29 p.m.

I have seen a post here some time back with a successful PIL-box <- EMU41 <- Dosbox <- OSX setup. Has anyone had success with Linux (Ubuntu)?

I have this EMU41.INI

---------------------- 

; emu41.ini        emu41 init file

[MODULES]
; page size filename
0  12 rom41cx.bin
3   4 cxfcn2d.bin
5   8 cxtime2c.bin
6   4 prter1e.bin
7   4 hpil1h.bin
; ------------
8  12 adv41b.bin
10  4 xio1a.bin

[DEVICES]
DISPLAY
HDRIVE1
HDRIVE2
LPRTER1
DOSLINK
XIL COM1:
----------------------

And this .dosboxrc

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[serial]
serial1=directserial realport:ttyUSB0
serial2=disabled
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

[dos]
keyboardlayout=no

[sdl]
mapperfile = .mapper.txt

[autoexec]
mount d: /home/noosisegei/G/Tech/Dos/
d:
cd bnu
bnu
cd ..
c:
----------------------

The bnu runs but no success getting the PIL-box up and running :-(

Edited: 30 Jan 2010, 4:30 p.m.

      
Re: PIL-box <- EMU41 <- Dosbox <- Linux
Message #2 Posted by Egan Ford on 2 Feb 2010, 7:56 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Geir Isene

Hello Geir,

I just got a chance to test this. Yes, it works with Ubuntu just fine.

A few notes:

  1. I tested Ubuntu 9.04. Ubuntu 9.04 did not work properly with the PIL-Box until after I upgraded the kernel. There is a known issue with FTDI USB chips and Ubuntu 9.04. I do not know if 9.10 fixed it. On my 9.04 system I am using 2.6.30-02063006-generic.
  2. For best performance you'll want to set the latency timer to 2. E.g. echo 2 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/5-1:1.0/ttyUSB0/latency_timer. The 5-1:1.0 will vary, use lsusb or dmesg to find the right hub.
  3. I do not recall if this was necessary, but chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0 just in case.
  4. No : after the COM1, e.g. XIL COM1, not XIL COM1: (perhaps it makes no difference).
  5. I commented out all [DEVICES] but XIL for testing.
I just formatted a tape with NEWM 100. Fast and no probs. Contact me directly (egan@sense.net) if you need me to send you my EMU41.INI and my dosbox.prefs file.

Good luck.

Edited: 2 Feb 2010, 7:59 p.m.

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