Bochs Running

[chyang]

hehe, after long time trying and correcting, it runs at last.
download bochs for C3000 here.

[chyang]

hehe, after long time trying and correcting, it runs at last.
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Bochs 2.2.1 fix +libSDL 1.2.7 with zport's fix
At present, libSDL does have problems, the taskbar will flash when it begins to run, don't know the reason and solution to this. Press cancel can ease it.

[maslovsky]

How fast is it? Do you have a package?

[Cresho]

that is so cool

the only reason i see myself running windows 98 on my zaurus is if i can get acid tetris to play again since its a dos based game.

[daniel3000]

Great!

It could open the door to run HP 200LX applicatoins using Bochs and a palmtop emulator, such as palrun or palmpc or int5f.

I'd appreciate a package or installation instructions! .-)

thanks

daniel

[jpmatrix]

hehe, after long time trying and correcting, it runs at last.
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great !
would you post a *simple* howto please ?

[oncle-dave]

Hello ..

Where find the Package ? to install it ?

Thanks you.

Oncle-dave

[TRIsoft]

Chyang,

hehe, after long time trying and correcting, it runs at last.
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What else to say:
 

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan

[chyang]

Ok, Here is what I have done to make it run.

1)Modify bochs source, fix the resolution part, in gui/sdl.cc, when booted, the system will request the resolution of 720x400, which is not supported by Zaurus(libSDL), I hardcoded the resolution to be full screen 640x480 mode.

2)libSDL hack, after compiling the SDL source, I found the screen is so tiny, only 1xx in width, I looked into the detail and found that the code in handling qtopia related stuff are hardcoded to resolution of 320x240. I happen to visit an HK site with the reference to zports.sourceforge.net, they did a great job in making the VGA resolution work. I compared their source with the SDL 1.2.8 source, they look same, so I just replaced the SDL-1.2.8/src/video/qtopia/SDL_QWin.[cc|h],SDL_sysvideo.cc, it only knows CXX0, so it is very easy to add extension for C3000.

3)Special note to run libSDL application in root mode: the qtemebedded environment is maintained completely only for user zaurus, so before running libSDL applications, try to copy the file named QtEmbedded-0.spec for root in /tmp/qtembedded-root

4)special thanks to Anton, without your dev-image, I wouldn't be able to compile bochs/libSDL on my C3000! But I do like a new version gcc embedded, also with the binutils which are very useful for me.

5)The compilation part comes from my linux cross-compile environment, I met problems in export the libSDL's SDLmain routine. My cross-compiler should be the version that Sharp shared in 5500 era.

6) There are problems inside. I will just share my experience in making it running, hope we will solve them in near future.

7) My Windows 98 run is slow, it took me 90 minutes to boot up the screen showed in the photo.

[Cresho]

 

ohh well.  

ill never play acid tetris again!!!!

[chyang]

Here is the binary package.
it contains the bochs and the opt/Qtopia/sharp/lib/libSDL.* for bochs.
Try to get the BIOS/VGA file from bochs distribution, or I will post it if you like.
To run it, just as you run it under linux
bochs -q -f bochsrc.bxrc[not included, you should build your own]
I installed windows 98 SE in bochs on my desktop, and then copy the disk image file to Z.
I do love C3000. A cool portable powerful workstation.  

Ok, Here is what I have done to make it run.

1)Modify bochs source, fix the resolution part, in gui/sdl.cc, when booted, the system will request the resolution of 720x400, which is not supported by Zaurus(libSDL), I hardcoded the resolution to be full screen 640x480 mode.

2)libSDL hack, after compiling the SDL source, I found the screen is so tiny, only 1xx in width, I looked into the detail and found that the code in handling qtopia related stuff are hardcoded to resolution of 320x240. I happen to visit an HK site with the reference to zports.sourceforge.net, they did a great job in making the VGA resolution work. I compared their source with the SDL 1.2.8 source, they look same, so I just replaced the SDL-1.2.8/src/video/qtopia/SDL_QWin.[cc|h],SDL_sysvideo.cc, it only knows CXX0, so it is very easy to add extension for C3000.

3)Special note to run libSDL application in root mode: the qtemebedded environment is maintained completely only for user zaurus, so before running libSDL applications, try to copy the file named QtEmbedded-0.spec for root in /tmp/qtembedded-root

4)special thanks to Anton, without your dev-image, I wouldn't be able to compile bochs/libSDL on my C3000! But I do like a new version gcc embedded, also with the binutils which are very useful for me.

5)The compilation part comes from my linux cross-compile environment, I met problems in export the libSDL's SDLmain routine. My cross-compiler should be the version that Sharp shared in 5500 era.

6) There are problems inside. I will just share my experience in making it running, hope we will solve them in near future.

7) My Windows 98 run is slow, it took me 90 minutes to boot up the screen showed in the photo.
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The correct version attached.

[chyang]

ohh well.  

ill never play acid tetris again!!!!
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Oh? After boot up, type in DOS edit lags about 1-2 seconds. I think it is acceptable.

[chyang]

Very sorry, don't know what happened to the package, it seems that it has problems. I will re-post later this afternoon or evening.

[Meanie]

ohh well.  

ill never play acid tetris again!!!!
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The version I build took 35 minutes to load Win98SE, so I ditched it since it wasn't really usable. However,  if you just want to play DOS games, installing only DOS in bochs is much faster than running Windows, but better yet, try the dosbox package.

[chyang]

ohh well.  

ill never play acid tetris again!!!!
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The version I build took 35 minutes to load Win98SE, so I ditched it since it wasn't really usable. However,  if you just want to play DOS games, installing only DOS in bochs is much faster than running Windows, but better yet, try the dosbox package.
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Would you like to give me more information on the bochs version you are running? I thought it should be the zbochs. I manged to ran it but only 320x240 screen size. That may result in a little better performance.