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Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 (Developers)

posted by fritz.mueller , Munich, Germany, 18.07.2023, 22:00

> > Other bugs behaved different on these systems, I will try to check two
> more
> > tomorrow.
>
> OK, the two reported bugs seem to be fixed now. The special character "c"
> with accent in BLOCEK is not removed in english and russian language.
>
> english text lines, cp437: 118, 141, 228, 239, 244, 247, 249
>
> russian text lines cp866: BLOREC (R isturned around): 117, 141, 239, 244,
> 248, 251, 253.
> BLO_EC (no c): line 228,
> BLOCEK: lines 262, 337, 341, 344, 357
> I think for translation it is better to use only one version of "BLOCEK".
>
> I had no crashes on real machine till now. Bugs are fixed.
>
> It seems that removing the c-accent may have improved running Blocek in
> virtualbox, but I am not yet sure. As I had assumed, the c with accent from
> the english unicode text is converted correct if you choose CP852 in a
> text, but as the machine runs with CP858, the c with accent is showed as
> special f (HEX 9F) in text.
> But now and then there are still unreproducable crashes. In such cases
> virtualbox often shows the modern version of "hourglass" (a running circle)
> before, I have no idea, why.
>
> At vmware player (is a little tricky to install, you have to add:
> bios.bootDelay = "5555" in the vmx file to have a chance to come into BIOS
> with F2 within window, floppy image is a standard image with ".flp", you
> have to activate it via "Player - Removable devices - floppy - connect,
> move out via ALT-CTRL) the move of mouse is sometimes a little strange.
>
> DOSBox: works.


Have to correct myself a little:
DOXBox with Windows: works.
DOSBox with Linux: does not work
DOSEmu with Linux: does not work.

Complete thread:

• Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 07.07.2023, 23:59
  • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - RayeR, 08.07.2023, 05:11
    • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - RayeR, 10.07.2023, 01:56
      • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 10.07.2023, 13:44
        • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - RayeR, 11.07.2023, 04:08
  • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Zyzzle, 12.07.2023, 02:13
    • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 12.07.2023, 15:31
      • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 17.07.2023, 14:22
        • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 17.07.2023, 18:24
          • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 17.07.2023, 20:39
            • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 18.07.2023, 15:25
              • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 18.07.2023, 22:00
                • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 18.07.2023, 23:38
                  • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 19.07.2023, 13:49
                    • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 19.07.2023, 18:47
                      • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 21.07.2023, 18:20
                        • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - Laaca, 22.07.2023, 07:16
                          • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 22.07.2023, 17:14
                            • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - RayeR, 30.08.2023, 20:41
                              • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - fritz.mueller, 08.09.2023, 13:23
  • Release candidate for Blocek 1.74 - CandyMan, 12.07.2023, 11:49