Dosbox - play old DOS games - Revision history

Martin at 13:20, 23 October 2010

2010-10-23T13:20:11Z

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 Download and install dosbox. On most linux systems it's most likely in your repository so a quick emerge og aptitude should fix that problem.
-On Windows one can download the newest version off sourceforge (0.70 as of now).
+On Windows one can download the newest version off sourceforge (0.74 as of now).
 [http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1 dosbox download page] Should lead you right there; select the Windows - win32 installer.
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 [ ... ]
 [autoexec]
-@keyb DK 850 >nul
+@keyb DK 850
 </pre>

2010-04-24T20:43:58Z

Setup config file

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	I just changed the option keyboardlayout (in the dosbox.conf file) to use the Swedish charset instead (sv).		I just changed the option keyboardlayout (in the dosbox.conf file) to use the Swedish charset instead (sv).

			For explicit Danish keyboard add the @keyb DK 850 > null under autoexec bat like this:
	<pre>		<pre>
	keyboardlayout=sv		keyboardlayout=sv

			[ ... ]
			[autoexec]
			@keyb DK 850 >nul
	</pre>		</pre>

2007-07-30T08:13:34Z

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	[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]		[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]
	[[image:Champ krynn.jpg\|300px]]		[[image:Champ krynn.jpg\|300px]]

			= Special =
			{{Box Test\|Text\|
			<pre>
			Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-session
			</pre>
			}}

2007-07-26T18:29:15Z

Protected "Dosbox - play old DOS games" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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2007-07-26T17:13:58Z

Screenies

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	[[image:Buck1.jpg\|300px\|Buck Rogers]]		[[image:Buck1.jpg\|300px\|Buck Rogers]]
	[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]		[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]
			[[image:Champ krynn.jpg\|300px]]

2007-07-26T11:56:39Z

Setup config file

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	</pre>		</pre>
	Where one of course ~~substitues~~ the path to the real path.. like /home/$user/dos on linux or \dos in windows.		Where one of course substitutes the path to the real path.. like /home/$user/dos on linux or \dos in windows.

	I also had to change the keyboard layout to Swedish, since the default American keyboard doesn't really work for me.		I also had to change the keyboard layout to Swedish, since the default American keyboard doesn't really work for me.

2007-07-26T11:56:05Z

Setup config file

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	= Setup config file =		= Setup config file =
	Firstly decide where you want to store your dos-applications and create that dir.. like /home/$user/dos or just \dos under windows.		Firstly decide where you want to store your dos-applications and create that dir.. like /home/$user/dos or just \dos under windows.
	~~Create~~ the ~~config file~~:
			Now start dosbox and once you have the prompt (Z:>), type:
	<pre>		<pre>
	Z:> config -writeconf "/path/to/dosbox.conf"		Z:> config -writeconf "/path/to/dosbox.conf"

2007-07-26T11:53:50Z

Download games (abandonware)

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	Now all you need to do is to find some games!		Now all you need to do is to find some games!

	I host a few of my favorites myself you can grab if you want:		I host a few of my favorites myself you can grab if you want (docs/journals are included in the DOC dir in most of the files):
	* [http://abandonware.skarta.net My own collection of games; mostly AD&D stuff from good ole SSI]		* [http://abandonware.skarta.net My own collection of games; mostly AD&D stuff from good ole SSI]

2007-07-26T11:53:00Z

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	You can find much more about keyboard shortcuts here [http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+DosBox DosBox official FAQ]		You can find much more about keyboard shortcuts here [http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+DosBox DosBox official FAQ]

			= How to actually run games/applications =
			After starting dosbox you need to navigate to place, where you stored all your applications/games.

			You can get a dir listing with
			<pre>
			dir
			</pre>

			Followed with
			<pre>
			cd [dir]
			</pre>

			You can just start to type a few letters of the dir you want to go into, and hit tab - it will then autocomplete the dirname for you.

			Inside the dir, you'll most likely want to start any executable file; find these by
			<pre>
			dir *.exe
			</pre>
			In my case, playing Buck Rogers currently, there will be a file called START.EXE.

			Just type st (without caps) and hit tab.. then it autocompletes it to start.exe and even gets the uppercase writing correct.

	= Download games (abandonware) =		= Download games (abandonware) =

2007-07-26T11:48:13Z

Download games (abandonware)

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	I host a few of my favorites myself you can grab if you want:		I host a few of my favorites myself you can grab if you want:
	# [http://abandonware.skarta.net My own collection of games; mostly AD&D stuff from good ole SSI]		* [http://abandonware.skarta.net My own collection of games; mostly AD&D stuff from good ole SSI]

	Else there are lots of abandonware sites flowing around the net - it's just looking for them.		Else there are lots of abandonware sites flowing around the net - it's just looking for them.

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	[[image:Buck1.jpg\|300px\|Buck Rogers]]		[[image:Buck1.jpg\|300px\|Buck Rogers]]
	[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]		[[image:Moonstone.jpg\|300px\|Moonstone]]
			[[image:Champ krynn.jpg\|300px]]