Out of curiosity, I’m trying to install #Unixware 7.1.1 or 7.1.4 on #86box PC emulator using PII Xeon base setup as starter, then many other CPUs from supported list, but installer keeps crashing with kernel panic right after initial splash screen. anybody tried this already and can hint a working emulator config? #retrocomputing #unix

I think it's either Debian 10 Buster or the upgrade to Debian 10 Buster From Debian 9 Stretch where the boot fails.

Booting with kernel option "systemd.unit=emergency.target"
also doesn't work...

What changes between 9 and 10 that causes it to fail here?

#Debian #86Box

I at least got Debian 9 working in 86Box.

Now let's see if I can upgrade it to a working and booting recent version.

#86Box #Debian

Awesome! I just found a working 5.25 inch, 1.2MB disk image of Microsoft's Entertainment Pack 4 for Windows 3.x. A version I had not seen before. I just love these big, floppy, oldschool disks!

https://archive.org/details/Microsoft_Windows_Entertainment_Pack_Volume_4_5.25-1.2MB

#Windows #Microsoft #RetroGaming #RetroGames #PCGaming #PCGames #MSDOS #16Bit #Emulation #86Box

Working on my #DOjS / #DOStodon talk for #vcfe #vcfe24
The slides are done using #Javascript and #DOjS. They will be presented in #86box running #FreeDOS.

Fun fact: The screenshots are from a Windows Neptune VM on #86Box.

32-bit Debian 12.10 won't start in 86Box with a GUI installed (Here I selected MATE during tasksel)

Boot gets stuck at EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none.

(the randon crng init done appears randomly on boot)

Anyone know how to fix this? Or get console?

86Box config:
Soc 370, asus CUV4X-LS
Intel Celeron @ 333
AGP Voodoo3k
SB PCI4.1
RTL8029AS
Internal HDD & FDD
20GB hdd
1.44 mb Floppy x2
KEnwood cdrom @ 72x

#Debian #86box #linux #virtual #kernel

MS. PAC-MAN for IBM-PC. From 1983. Okay, I am really bad at this game... but at least the emulation is working! 😉

#RetroGaming #Booter #FloppyDisk #PCGaming #DOSGaming #Atari #Arcade #PacMan #80s #Emulation #86Box

Can’t get Windows 95 to run in #QEMU 9.2.3 on #macOS. It worked fine when I last tried it in 2023 or 2024, though.

I’m getting a “Windows protection error” on first boot during the installation. Even my existing image that used to work now fails with the same error.

Is it time to switch to #86Box?

#Retrocomputing #Windows95

Emacs 19 running on OPENSTEP 4.2. Emulated on 86box.

Note that OPENSTEP 4.2's installation CD comes with emacs 18 which can only be used in the terminal. The one with gui support can be found in https://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=NeXT/Cube-Station/OPENSTEP/Apps/EMACS

#Emacs #NeXTSTEP #86box

Red Hat Linux 5 with Emacs 20.2.1 and Python 1.4. Emulated on 86box.

#Linux #86box #Emacs #Python

This one required a bit of research, but I finally managed to get it working:

Jurassic Park for DOS is famous for its on-disk copy protection, so I uploaded a good variety of disk image formats: KryoFlux, TeleDisk, MFM, 86F. All tested and confirmed working on #86Box v4.2.1.

https://archive.org/details/jurassic_park_dos/

Have fun with the dinos!

#RetroGaming #JurassicPark #MSDOS #CopyProtection #KryoFlux

That's s so cool! I had always wanted to add "Krusty's Fun House" for MS-DOS to my retro collection. I've had the floppy disk for years (thanks flyers_80!), but I could never find the correct manual to answer all those pesky copy protection questions.

Tonight I found out, there's a beautiful PDF version of the correct manual within the current eXoDOS collection. All of a sudden, the problem is solved and I can finally play the game! Yay!

If you want it, here's the original disk image, uploaded by flyers_80 in 2017: https://archive.org/details/KrustysFunHouseAcclaim199335Kryoflux.7z

#Simpsons #MSDOS #RetroGaming #CopyProtection #eXoDOS #86Box #Emulation #KryoFlux

Using #86Box and MS-DOS 3.31, I was finally able to take a quick look at #Windows 1.0. It's archaic & feels older than the dawn of time, but it's still Windows. It's pretty usable, too. I kinda like it 😉 .

#RetroComputing #MSDOS #Microsoft #Oldschool #FloppyDisk

@dfx

MS-DOS 4 pushed me to DR-DOS :) But yes, its shell was nice.

#RetroComputing #MSDOS #Windows #Microsoft #Emulation #86Box

Everyone seems to hate MS-DOS 4, but I actually think it's pretty neat. I like the oldschool MS-DOS Shell with its separate file management section and all those crazy colours. I also enjoy the fact that it plays really nicely with Windows 3.0 and the system's 386 Enhanced Mode. Something that, sadly, cannot be said about MS-DOS 5.0 or later.

#RetroComputing #MSDOS #Windows #Microsoft #Emulation #86Box

So langsam schließen sich die letzten Lücken in meiner Sammlung antiker Windows- und Office-Disketten. Excel 3.0a lief als letzte Excel-Fassung noch original unter Windows 3.0 und war außerdem das erste mit einer grafischen Symbolleiste! Dieses unglaubliche Feature wurde damals auch noch groß auf der Verpackung beworben!

Hier ein perfektes Set der deutschen Vollversion mit 1.2MB, 5.25 Zoll KryoFlux Images. Natürlich wieder inkl. aller IMGs und sauberer JPG-Scans sämtlicher Datenträger:

https://archive.org/details/ms-excel_30a_de

Viel Spaß und gute Nacht ihr Wahnsinnigen! 😉

#RetroComputing #Excel #Office #Microsoft #Oldschool #FloppyDisk #Disketten #86Box #Emulation

Hatte gestern einen eigentlich ziemlich hässlichen 720K Diskettensatz in der Post. Den Dingern sah man ihre 35 Jahre doch schon ziemlich an, aber die Optik war in dem Fall nebensächlich, denn das Auslesen per KryoFlux war dann eine wirklich positive Überraschung. Alle Datenträger waren absolut perfekt lesbar!

Es handelt sich um die deutsche Vollversion von Microsoft Excel 2.1d. Diese Fassung von Excel wurde noch rein über MS-DOS installiert und lief auf Windows ab Version 2.x. Ziemlich historisch. Hier gibt es die kompletten Flux- und IMG-Images, sowie 300dpi Scans aller Disketten:

https://archive.org/details/ms-excel_21d_de

Viel Spaß! 😉

#RetroComputing #Microsoft #Excel #Windows #Disketten #FloppyDisk #86Box #Emulation

Hatte heute Nachmittag eine echt schöne 5 1/4 Zoll HD Diskettenversion von Windows 3.0 in der Post. Das Auslesen per KryoFlux lief auch fast perfekt, bis auf ein paar unlesbare Sektoren auf insgesamt drei Spuren auf Diskette Nr. 5. Die Fehler beschränkten sich zum Glück auf eine einzelne Datei und so konnte ich das schnell und einfach per Hex Editor in Ordnung bringen.

Den fertigen, sauberen und getesteten Satz an 1.2MB IMGs und 300dpi JPGs hab ich wie immer gleich mal ins Internet Archiv hochgeladen:

https://archive.org/details/mswin_3.0_de

Viel Spaß! 😉

#RetroComputing #Disketten #Windows #Microsoft #90er #KryoFlux #86Box #Emulation

Ohje, sieht so aus, als wäre die Nützlichkeit von Windows/386 als Gaming-Plattform doch eher begrenzt. Das System weigert sich, selbst die einfachsten Spiele aus meiner Sammlung auszuführen. Kein WEP, kein TETRIS, nicht mal MAMBA 1.0. Was ein Mist 😞 .

P. S. Das einzige Spiel, das ich zum Laufen bringen konnte, war ein ganz alter Klon von Missile Command namens "STARBASE".

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #86Box #Emulation