Why continue to support DOS?

One of the last useful uses of DOS is as an operating system for embedded applications such as a MAME cabinet or a dedicated jukebox. DOS loads quickly, is stable, and is supported by MAME.  It does not multitask, which is a benefit in an emulation environment where every machine cycle counts. It also will [...]

Bad DOSCab 3.1.1 build

Somehow the build of DOSCab 3.1.1 was bad, causing the sound cache to become corrupted. WinCab 3.1.1 was not affected. I have uploaded a replacement DOSCab 3.1.1; if your copy of DOSCab.exe has a build date of September 13, please download the latest DOSCab.exe. I apologize for the inconvenience. In addition, the download prior to [...]

DOSCab/WinCab Jukebox 3.1.1 Released

This is mostly a bugfix release, however there are a couple of small new features. Changes in this release include: Added BTN_SKIPLAST to delete the last song in the queue. Note that you cannot skip the currently playing song this way. Added SkipLastTimeLimit setting to [Settings] section of jukebox.ini to control BTN_SKIPLAST. Added MSG_SKIPLASTOK to [...]

Bugs in DOSCab/WinCab Jukebox 3.1

Some huge bugs are showing up early… things that I know were tested and working somehow got broken before release. The biggest and most obvious is that BTN_PAUSE no longer works. You may want to hold off on downloading this until I can get fix these bugs later tonight.

DOSCab/WinCab Jukebox 3.1 Released

This release brings the largest number of changes in any one release. Note that the DLLs have changed in this version, so simply installing the updated EXE is not enough to get a working installation. The default installation is set up for DOS and Windows XP. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows [...]