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 do I connect a 5 1/4" floppy drive to a modern PC?
This question was originally posted on Gaming Stack Exchange.
I have a small collection of 5 1/4" floppy disks (early Sierra games) that I am trying to read. How can I connect a drive that accepts ...
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How do I paste into DOSBOX?
I am using DOSBOX to run some programs which only work on 32-bit versions of Windows. I am currently running Windows 8 64-bit. I need to copy some commands from Windows 8 and paste them into DOSBOX as ...
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Using a printer in Dosbox
I'm trying to find a way to run an old Dos based application that uses a printer connected to the parallel port, I don't think Dosbox supports lpt.
I am interested both in using that printer and in ...
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Increase DOSBox windowed size
I have a HiDPI screen so running DOSBox normally gives almost unreadably small text. How can I scale the DOSBox window by a fixed and integer scale factor, say 200% that works for all resolutions?
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Running DOSBox completely headless
I have an old compiler written for DOS that I need to be able to use on a modern Linux system. I have written a wrapper around DOSBox that allows me to invoke it from a Linux command line.
The only ...
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How can I print with DosBox? [closed]
I'm looking for a version of dosbox with print support
I saw the answers to this question Using a printer in Dosbox but I didn't manage to make it work
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How to test if a program pi 16-Bit compatible?
I'm creating a GUI for soPDF written in Delphi, but I want to know if soPDF is 16-Bit compatible, because I need to run it in MS-DOS 6.22
Also, can I do this test with DOSBox?
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Is there a way to use the numeric keypad in DOSBox?
Searching around Google and the DOSBox Wiki there doesn't seem to be a way to use the numeric keypad as a numeric keypad, instead it seems to behave like the arrow keys. Looking at the dosbox.config ...
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how to run DOSBox in command line without opening it in a new window
how to run DOSBox using the default windows command line, (without opening it in a new window),
editing the source code of DOSBox is a solution, but i want to know if there is no other solution before ...
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How to use MASM within DOSBox or any other DOS emulator?
I have DOSBox installed and I am trying to use MASM from DOSBox but I failed on doing that. DOSBox keeps printing a the follwoing message:
"cannot run this program in dos mode"
I tried this on both,...
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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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16-bit DOS on Windows Vista+
I have a friend that uses some really old business software and for whatever reason doesn't want to check out a new version (if one even exists, he's in a niche market). The software ran as a 16-bit ...
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Renaming Z drive in DOSBox
DOSBox makes a virtual drive, which it names Z:, for storing utility stuff on. Clearly they're trying to stay out of your way, so you can do whatever you want with the C: drive. Swell, I understand ...
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DOSBox ConEmu integration
Is it possible to use ConEmu as a terminal for the DOSBox console? If so, how?
I followed the instructions from the ConEmu project site:
I installed DOSBox to C:\Program Files\ConEmu\ConEmu\DosBox
I ...
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Standalone - DosBox
I hope that this question is ontopic here.
I am looking for a standalone version of DosBox to run under Windows 7 (64 bit). I found:
http://www.pendriveapps.com/dosbox-dos-emulator/
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