DosBox 0.73

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DosBox 0.73

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A new version of DosBox has been released. From the developer's announcement:
DOSBox 0.73 has been released!

Most noticeable changes:
Support for more graphics modes and cards.
Improved Vista support.
New OPL emulation cores.
Sound fixes and improvements for Mac OS X.
Lots of compatibility fixes.
Lots of cdrom detection improvements.
Lots of memory (EMS/XMS) improvements.
Various fixes and enhancements for the recompiling core.
Support for evdev.
Lots of DOS fixes.
Slightly faster!
More stable.

You can check the full changes here.

Feel free to discuss it on our forums.
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Re: DosBox 0.73

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interesting, thanks for the post I did not know it was out!
I will have to try it and see if the mech2 cd detection is fixed.
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Re: DosBox 0.73

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Successfully compiled from source on Kubuntu 7.10. Put in MW2 CD, mounted CDROM, installed. Doesn't detect the CD to start the program though. (But it may be something I have/haven't done.)
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Re: DosBox 0.73

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Slightly faster? I'll download that. Choppy gameplay on Mercs has always bothered me.
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