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DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/07/06) is a modernized version of the DOSBox project, focusing on updating development practices and enhancing compatibility with current systems. Recent updates include storing long names as UTF-8, optimizing file existence checks, and replacing certain functions with native alternatives for improved performance. The repository also streamlined the management of drive caches and graphics modes. These changes aim to fix issues and introduce features that benefit modern usage. The latest version can be downloaded from the provided source link.
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DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/07/06) has been compiled. This repository aims to modernize the DOSBox project by utilizing current development practices and tools, resolving issues, enhancing features for better compatibility with today’s systems, and submitting patches upstream.
DOSBox-Staging Git Changelog:
* Store long name as UTF-8 and short name as codepage 437 in the drive cache
* Remove use of stat from localDrive::FileExists
* Substitute stat with native functions in TestDir
* Replace stat usage in localDrive::FindNext with native function
* Utilize Windows wide functions for directory listings
* Move codepage437_to_utf16 implementation to cpp file
* Eliminate longNameList from the drive cache
* Lock/unlock SDL surface only when it is not already in that state
* Clear BIOS cursor type in EGA/VGA graphic modes
