rem This is a startup file for running DNA-VIEW in the free emulation software DOSBox. rem DOSBox allows DNA-VIEW to run even on a 64 bit Windows version, and also allows rem the "Plot" function of DNA-VIEW even under Windows 7 or Vista. rem Call either as DOSboxDV rem or as DOSboxDV PLOT rem Probably the 2nd call (necessary for the DNA-VIEW "Plot" command) is always ok. rem For automatic starting when DOSBox starts, add some lines to the DOSbox rem configuration file (e.g. c:\users\Charles\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-0.73.conf): rem (if Windows 8, might(?) be C:\users\Mel\AppData\Local\DOS rem [autoexec] rem # Lines in this section will be run at startup. rem # Define a virtual DOSbox drive "C" synonymous with physical drive (e.g. C:\) where DNA-VIEW was installed: rem mount C C:\ rem # Switch to the virtual C drive: rem C: rem # Switch to the folder the DNA-VIEW was installated to (within the virtual drive): rem cd dnaview\ rem # Invoke the commands below which will initiate DNA-VIEW (after preparations enabling DNA-VIEW's plot feature) rem DOSboxDV PLOT rem I also suggest increasing the memsize parameter in the [dosbox] section to its maximum: rem [dosbox] rem memsize=64 rem That improves by twofold the amount of memory that Windows 7 permits to DNA-VIEW. rem (However, XP or Windows 98 allow quite a bit more, equivalent to memsize=500.) rem DNA-VIEW runs about 12x slower under DOSbox. I've tried a few options such as frameskip rem to improve the speed but the difference isn't much. rem Load the TSR GSS*CGI configuration (for the DNAVIEW Plot command) if .%1 == .PLOT GSS\DRIVERS /Q rem Load the transient TSR GSS*CGI drivers (per %CGIPATH%\Cgi.cfg) if .%1 == .PLOT SET CGIPATH=. if .%1 == .PLOT GSS\DRIVERS /Q rem Start APL and the Paradox engine; run DNAVIEW SET APLCONFIG=APLII\CONFIG.APL APLII\APLPDX APLII\APLII w=DNAVIEw rem Remove the transient TSR GSS*CGI configuration from memory if .%1 == .PLOT GSS\DRIVERS /A exit