Questions tagged [dosbox]
DOSBox is emulator software that emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running MS-DOS. It is intended especially for use with old PC games. DOSBox is free software.
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How come IMGMOUNT works in DOSBox, but displays "cannot create drive from file" in DOSBox variants like DOSBox-X?
There's a certain file image which can be instantly mounted in DOSBox as a floppy disk, but fails to do so in newer variants like DOSBox-X, any idea how to fix it (a bug was already submitted but both ...
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Emulate high resolution graphics chip in Windows 3.1 on Dosbox
I am running Windows 3.1 within Dosbox 0.74. I have the resolution at 1024x768 256 colors. I would like to use a higher resolution. I have done a lot of googling, but I'm having trouble finding a ...
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How can I add missing DOS commands to DOSBox?
I am trying to execute .bat file in the DOSBox:
It starts with the following lines:
echo off
cls
if exist %1:\BLA\z.exe goto custom
if not exist d:\BLA\z.exe goto error
APPEND d:\BLA;d:\BLA\...
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How can I print with DOSbox using printer's settings
I have a program that runs on Dos, so I use DOSbox, SVN-Daum version, to run this program.
Every function seems working fine except for the printing function.
The problems are DOSbox use their own ...
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Does it matter if sound is produced via a sound card or via a small cd player built in the CD-ROM drive in DOSBox?
I tried to load in DOSBox the PLAYCD utility.
It worked with audio CD but it was silent. The manual for DOSBox recommends me to install Windows Vista (to enable ioctl access).
ut is this reasonable if ...
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Dosbox - Ctrl key is sluggish/unresponsive
I recently tried Dosbox for some dos-games. However I have noticed that the left-ctrl key is a bit sluggish and sometimes unresponsive.
My Guess is that it is due to it being used by Dosbox as a ...
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How to configure keys in DOSBox games on Retroflag GPI? [closed]
I installed DOSBox on my Retroflag GPi and copied some old DOS stuff to roms/pc, and I can run them from the RetroPie/EmulationStation menu, but there's a problem with the controls. By default the ...
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How and why does DOSBox work the way it does? [closed]
As a complete novice when it comes to the topic of emulation or virtual machines, I was presented with the following two questions that I need to answer:
Briefly explain how software (in this example ...
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App won't find directory I created in Linux
I installed Doxbox-x by Snapcraft in a Debian 10 Linux. It was running ok. I created a directory doswin in the root to put my dos and windows stuff. Now when I try to mount the directory inside Dosbox,...
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How to fix DOSBox Caps Lock?
I installed DOSBox version 0.74 and found to be unable to type in lower case except if you hold only the Shift key. The Caps Lock key seems non functioning within the emulator. I tried to re-assign ...
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is it possible to install stuff to dosbox
I legally downloaded an ISO of space hulk and a copy of dosbox 0.74-3.
I mounted the ISO, opened it up in dos and then in an attempt to play it, I tried to install it.
The whole thing just freezes ...
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Every executable I read starts with header the MZ [duplicate]
I was initially trying to create a program to distinguish between DOS(16-bit) and Windows(32/64-bit) executables.
I read in some other answer that a executable can be classified based on their first ...
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How do I keep track of file changes when the DOSBox command "edit.com" is used?
I would like to get notified when any file gets modified or created by the program "edit.com" within DOSBox. (Should I create another command which will stay alive until edit.com is exited?)
How can ...
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Why does `%errorlevel%` expand to empty string in DOSBox?
Trying to automate some DOSBox scripting for an old program, I wanted to use the exit code usually in errorlevel to control the program flow.
The input is given in a hello_db.bat file:
@echo off
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How to set environment variables for DOSBox with telnetbbs
I'm looking for the exact way to implement the SDL environment variable from a perl script that is the front end for launching a dosbox BBS.
I have the right approach from this link: running-dosbox-...
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