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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Windows 3.11 maximized shell window in SYSTEM.INI when running it in DOSBox
I use a way to run 16-bit applications by running them in emulated Windows 3.11 in DOSBox. I automatically mount the directory containing the application, set the SHELL property in SYSTEM.INI to the ...
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Can DOSBox emulate a machine that has two display adapters?
I've been playing around with Borland Turbo C for reasons that I cannot explain or defend, and I noticed the following text in the online help:
/D: Tells Turbo C to use Dual monitor mode
(two ...
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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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Use dosbox to run 16-bit program on 64-bit
After reading a lot about how to use dosbox and virtual machines to run older programs on x-64 I found myself in another situation.
I have a 32-bit program that runs correctly, but calls a 16-bit ...
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How can I improve the rendering performance of this old DOS application?
I have very old DOS Application (CadSoft Eagle - PCB Designer) and I want to work with it on my workstation with Windows 7. Then I install Windows 98 and that software into VmWare Player.
But that ...
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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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DosBox on CLI Debian 9.6 prints garbage on screen
Today I set up a new virtual machine with Debian 9.6 (i386). I have installed DosBox using apt-get, run it and get
this.
I did not know that DosBox can run this way (without X11), and even if it does,...
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How can I make a batch file wait a specified time between one command and the next in DOS 5.00?
How can I make my batch file pause before executing the next command?
I found a few solutions, but none of them seem to work in DOS 5.00.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(By the way, I am using iDOS/...
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Using touch screen with non-native aspect ratio
I have a laptop with touch screen (an Asus T100) with Windows 8, and I've downloaded a retro adventure game running using Dosbox (Gabriel Knight 1), which has a different aspect ratio from the screen.
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LPT Sound Interface
I am wanting to run two ZX Spectrum (a home computer that was popular during the '80s & '90s) emulator programs (one called Z80 by Gerton Lunter and another called Warajevo) in the "ykhowong" ...
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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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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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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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Why does DOSBox run at a slower speed when using my speakers instead of my headphones?
I noticed that whenever I play a game in DOSBox, the game runs very choppy with many dropped frames when I have no audio device plugged in to my laptop's headphone jack.
However, when I plug in ...
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Launch DOSBOX to run exe but also mount the ultradir directory
I want to create a launcher for DOSBOX that directly starts DOOM. I do this by using the following (I'm on Linux):
dosbox ~/games/DOOM/DOOM.EXE
This works great, however, I want to use Gravis ...
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