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    From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to All on Mon Jan 4 17:50:04 2021
    Can I install Microsoft Visual C++ SP1 on Ubuntu?

    I think the answer is "no," but hoping it's "yes!"

    If not, could there be an equivalent for Linux?

    I'm not much of a C++ programmer or anything, I just want this because it's a prerequisite for DOSBox.

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  • From Richard Falken@1:123/115 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Jan 4 16:52:45 2021
    Re: MS Visual C++
    By: Aaron Thomas to All on Mon Jan 04 2021 05:50 pm

    Can I install Microsoft Visual C++ SP1 on Ubuntu?

    I think the answer is "no," but hoping it's "yes!"

    If not, could there be an equivalent for Linux?

    I'm not much of a C++ programmer or anything, I just want this because it's prerequisite for DOSBox.

    QT Creator is fine for C++. HP's printing division uses it heavily on Linux. I think they also use Visual Studio Code for Linux.

    Visual C++ is listed as Windows only in Wikipedia

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Richard Falken on Tue Jan 5 01:01:39 2021
    QT Creator is fine for C++. HP's printing division uses it heavily on Linux. I think they also use Visual Studio Code for Linux.

    Thank you! I'll give it a try.

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  • From Gerrit Kuehn@2:240/12 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Jan 5 11:32:14 2021
    Hello Aaron!

    04 Jan 21 17:50, Aaron Thomas wrote to All:


    I'm not much of a C++ programmer or anything, I just want this
    because it's a
    prerequisite for DOSBox.

    This Dosbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

    I don't see why this would require VisualC++.


    Regards,
    Gerrit

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Gerrit Kuehn on Wed Jan 6 00:34:46 2021
    I'm not much of a C++ programmer or anything, I just want this because it's a
    prerequisite for DOSBox.

    This Dosbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

    I don't see why this would require VisualC++.

    Good point! I see my mistake now. I'm following someone's instructions on how to use doorway.exe, which calls for DOSBox, but I think these instructions are aimed for Windows users - probably Windows users need Microsoft Visual C++
    2010 SP1 in order to use DosBox.

    I should be fine as long as I have DOSBox installed. I was overthinking it.

    Thank you!

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  • From bebyx@2:467/888.57 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Jan 6 17:38:36 2021
    Hello, Aaron Thomas.
    On 06.01.21 00:34 you wrote:

    Good point! I see my mistake now. I'm following someone's
    instructions on how to use doorway.exe, which calls for DOSBox,
    but I think these instructions are aimed for Windows users -
    probably Windows users need Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 in order
    to use DosBox.

    As far as I know, you can install dosbox simply with apt on Ubuntu.

    Here's the article on this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DOSBox

    The instruction is pretty straightforward.

    I should be fine as long as I have DOSBox installed. I was
    overthinking it.

    Do you do it for oldschool gaming? I also was thinking about this a while ago, but actually I would prefer Dendy or similar (it was my first console :) ). And GNU/Linux has package for this also!

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to bebyx on Wed Jan 6 16:57:36 2021
    Do you do it for oldschool gaming? I also was thinking about this a
    while ago, but actually I would prefer Dendy or similar (it was my first console :) ). And GNU/Linux has package for this also!

    Thanks. Installing DOSBox should be no problem.

    I'm installing DOSBox so I could use a program called Doorway (doorway.exe)

    And I'm going to use Doorway to run an old text-based DOS game as a door on my BBS. (Dopewars!)

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/267 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jan 9 12:06:50 2021
    06 Jan 21 00:34, you wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:

    because it's a
    prerequisite for DOSBox.

    This Dosbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

    I don't see why this would require VisualC++.

    Good point! I see my mistake now. I'm following someone's instructions
    on how to use doorway.exe, which calls for DOSBox, but I think these instructions are aimed for Windows users - probably Windows users need Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 in order to use DosBox.

    Yes, though I suspect it's even simpler than that, and that DOSBox on Windows just requires the Visual C++ 2010 runtime library, eg.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=14632

    "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)"

    Which is a 5 MB download that installs a few DLL files into the Windows system folder.

    I should be fine as long as I have DOSBox installed. I was
    overthinking it.

    For the record, a few years ago Microsoft released "Visual Studio Code" which can be used to write C++ programs (and many other languages, eg. Python) in Linux. Though it's not the same product as Visual Studio. And if you're just starting out in coding, you definitely don't need it, especially not in Linux, and especially not to use DOSBox. :-)

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to andrew clarke on Sat Jan 9 05:35:34 2021
    if you're just starting out in coding, you definitely don't need it, especially not in Linux, and especially not to use DOSBox. :-)

    I know, I was reading the instructions for Doorway and the very 1st instruction
    said to download and install MSft Visual C++, and I just stopped there and started wondering how to do that in Linux.

    Then further into the instructions I realized it was just a pre-requisite for Windows users in order to use DoxBox, and I've already got DosBox running under
    Linux so I should have just ignored that step. I spazzed out.

    But now for my next trick, I'm going to try to find out if I'll be able to use a fossil driver with Linux - because it appears that a fossil driver is a prerequisite for Doorway.

    Am I being stupid again? lol I don't know if there's a fossil driver for linux but I'm about to try to find out..

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jan 9 00:40:04 2021
    Re: Re: MS Visual C++
    By: Aaron Thomas to andrew clarke on Sat Jan 09 2021 05:35 am

    Am I being stupid again? lol I don't know if there's a fossil driver for linux but I'm about to try to find out..

    Yes, bnu or x00 will work for you in those cases where a fossil is needed. I use x00 with dosemu.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jan 9 20:18:00 2021
    On 01-09-21 05:35, Aaron Thomas wrote to andrew clarke <=-

    But now for my next trick, I'm going to try to find out if I'll be able
    to use a fossil driver with Linux - because it appears that a fossil driver is a prerequisite for Doorway.

    You'd run the FOSSIL driver (BNU or X00) inside the virtual DOS environment you're using


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Alan Ianson on Sat Jan 9 15:44:16 2021
    Yes, bnu or x00 will work for you in those cases where a fossil is
    needed. I use x00 with dosemu.

    Alana & Tony, thank you. This makes sense to me now.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Tony Langdon on Sat Jan 9 15:45:35 2021
    You'd run the FOSSIL driver (BNU or X00) inside the virtual DOS environment you're using

    Thanks!

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