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DVX
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DVX is a graphical desktop for DOS: windows, a Program Manager, a File
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Manager, a Notepad, a Terminal, DVX BASIC and more.
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What you need
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* DOS on a 386 or newer (486 recommended, Pentium for the best speed)
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* A video card with VESA BIOS Extensions 2.0 or newer (linear frame
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buffer); a VESA driver such as UNIVBE works with older cards
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* 4 MB of extended memory (8 MB or more recommended)
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* A two-button mouse and its DOS driver
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* About 10 MB of free space on the hard disk
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Installing
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From the CD: change to the CD drive and type SETUP, for example
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D:
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SETUP
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From floppy disks: put Disk 1 in drive A: and type
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A:
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SETUP
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Setup shows the licence, asks for the folder to install DVX in (C:\DVX
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unless you change it), checks the free space and unpacks DVX. With
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floppies it asks for each disk in turn. Setup can also add a line to
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AUTOEXEC.BAT so DVX starts with the computer; it shows the line first and
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keeps a copy of the old file as AUTOEXEC.DVX.
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Setup never writes to the CD or the floppy disks.
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Upgrading or repairing
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Run Setup again and choose the same folder. Setup asks whether to keep
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your settings (the CONFIG folder); say Yes to upgrade or repair DVX and
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keep them.
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Removing DVX
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Run SETUP.EXE in the DVX folder (for example C:\DVX\SETUP) and choose
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Uninstall. Setup removes the files it installed and, if you ask, your
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settings; files you added yourself stay. It can also take the DVX line
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out of AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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Starting DVX
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Type C:\DVX\DVX (or the folder you chose). If DVX cannot use the
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display mode in its settings, hold down Shift while it starts, or type
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DVX /SAFE, to start it in 640x480.
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Unattended install
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SETUP /AUTO=C:\DVX [/LOG=C:\SETUP.LOG]
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installs without asking (the licence is taken as accepted, settings are
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kept on an upgrade, AUTOEXEC.BAT is not changed). The exit code is 0
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when DVX was installed.
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DVX is free software under the MIT licence (see the licence in Setup).
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Copyright 2026 Scott Duensing.
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