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DOSBox

DOSBox is an emulator which emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running MS-DOS. It is intended especially for use with old PC games. DOSBox is free software.

Installation

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# pacman-g2 -S dosbox


Configuration

No initial configuration is needed, however the official DOSBox Manual refers to a configuration file named "dosbox.conf". By default that file exists in your ~/.dosbox folder.

You can also make a new configuration file on a per-application basis by copying dosbox.conf from ~/.dosbox to the directory where your DOS app resides and modifying the settings accordingly. You can also create a a config file automatically as follows:

To create the file, simply run dosbox without any parameters inside your desired application's folder:

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$ dosbox

Then at the DOS prompt, type:

Z:\> config -wc dosbox.conf

The configuration file "dosbox.conf" will then be saved in the current directory. Go in a change whatever settings you need.

The configuration options are described in the official DosBox wiki: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf

Usage

A simple way to run dosbox is to place your DOS game (or its setup files) into a directory and then run dosbox with the directory path appended. For example:

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$ dosbox ./game-folder/

You should now have a DOS prompt whose working directory is the one specified above. From there, you can execute the desired program(s):

C:\> SETUP.EXE

Frontends

It is possible to use a frontend to create profile for DosBox.

DBoxFE

See dboxfe.

Sources

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=DOSBox

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