diff --git a/BUGS/Complex - Dope.txt b/BUGS/Complex - Dope.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7581f2fe2 --- /dev/null +++ b/BUGS/Complex - Dope.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +"Dope" demo bugs (DOSBox-X's fault) + +BUG: Noticeable pause of music at points where VGA BIOS is called to set video mode during demo + + However, this pause also happens on real hardware if the BIOS does not use the IRQ for hard + disk access (tested on a Pentium MMX 133MHz with a CompactFlash card for a hard disk). + +BUG: You can only run the demo once. Additional attempts log "illegal instruction" messages and + crash back to the DOS prompt. You must close and reopen DOSBox-X to run the demo again. + + - I know for a fact that is not a feature of the demo. Having run it on real hardware, I know + the demo can be run again after the first time (though it is not reliable at reinitializing + the GUS to a known state). + + - The debug messages from DOSBox-X are: + + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1da, CS:IP 8: b66700a + DYNX86:Can't run code in this page! + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1da, CS:IP 8: b66700a + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1db, CS:IP 8: b66700a + 141992554: CPU:CPU:66:GRP5:Illegal call 7 + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1da, CS:IP 8: b66700a + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1da, CS:IP 8: b66700a + Warning: Illegal read from b66b1db, CS:IP 8: b66700a + + - This apparently only happens if "private area size" is less than 16384, regardless of + "mainline compatible mapping" and "private area in umb" settings. Hm... is DOSBox + writing things beyond the block of private space it just allocated? +