DOSBox v0.65
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NOTE:
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While we are hoping that one day, DOSBox will run all programs
ever made for the PC, we are not there yet. At present, DOSBox running on a
high-end machine will roughly be the equivalent of a 486 PC. The 0.60
release has added support for "protected mode" allowing for more complex and
recent programs, but note that this support is still in an early stage of
development and unlike the support for 386 real-mode games (or earlier) hasn't
been completed yet. Also note that "protected mode" games need substantially
more resources and may require a much faster processor for you to run them
properly in DOSBox.
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INDEX:
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1. Quickstart
2. FAQ
3. Usage
4. Internal Programs
5. Special Keys
6. Keymapper
7. System Requirements
8. To run resource-demanding games
9. The config file
10. The language file
11. Building your own version of DOSBox
12. Special thanks
13. Contact
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1. Quickstart:
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Type INTRO in DOSBox. That's it.
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2. FAQ:
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Some Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I've got a Z instead of a C at the prompt.
Q: My game crashes when using opengl/nb or is much slower.
Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
Q: The mouse doesn't work.
Q: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
Q: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
Q: I would like to change the memory size/cpu speed/ems/soundblaster IRQ.
Q: What sound hardware does DOSBox presently emulate?
Q: DOSBox crashes on startup and I'm running arts
Q: Great README, but I still don't get it.
Q: I've got a Z instead of a C at the prompt.
A: You have to make your directories available as drives in DOSBox by using
the "mount" command. For example, in Windows "mount C D:\GAMES" will give
you a C drive in DOSBox which points to your Windows D:\GAMES directory.
In Linux, "mount c /home/username" will give you a C drive in DOSBox
which points to /home/username in Linux.
Q: My game crashes when using opengl/nb or is much slower.
A: Somehow our opengl code isn't entirely stable on some platforms.
Use surface instead.
Q: My CD-ROM doesn't work.
A: To mount your CD-ROM in DOSBox you have to specify some additional options
when mounting the CD-ROM.
To enable the most basic CD-ROM support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom
To enable low-level SDL-support:
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0
To enable low-level ioctl-support(win2k/xp/linux):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
To enable low-level aspi-support (win98 with aspi-layer installed):
- mount d f:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -apsi
In the commands: - d driveletter you will get in DOSBox
- f:\ location of cdrom on your PC.
- 0 The number of the CD-ROM drive, reported by mount -cd
See also the question: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
Q: The mouse doesn't work.
A: Usually, DOSBox detects when a game uses mouse control. When you click on
the screen it should get locked (confined to the DOSBox window) and work.
With certain games, the DOSBox mouse detection doesn't work. In that case
you will have to lock the mouse manually by pressing CTRL-F10.
Q: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
A: You're using too much cpu power to keep DOSBox running at the current speed.
You can lower the cycles, skip frames or get a faster machine.
You can also increase the prebuffer in the configfile.
Q: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
A: This is a known problem. It only occurs if your keyboard layout isn't US.
Some possible fixes:
1. Switch your keyboard layout.
2. Use / instead.
3. Open dosbox.conf and change usescancodes=false to usescancodes=true.
4. Add the commands you want to execute to the "configfile".
5. Start the keymapper (CTRL-F1 or add -startmapper switch to DOSBox).
6. Use ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
7. for \ try the keys around "enter". For ":" try shift and the keys
between "enter" and "l" (US keyboard layout).
8. Use keyb.com from FreeDOS (http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/).
Q: The game/application can't find its CD-ROM.
A: Be sure to mount the CD-ROM with -t cdrom switch. Also try adding the
correct label (-label LABEL). To enable more low-level CD-ROM support, add
the following switch to mount: -usecd #, where # is the number of your
CD-ROM drive reported by mount -cd. If you run Win32 you can specify -ioctl
or -aspi. Look at the description elsewhere in this document for their
meaning.
Q: The game/application runs much too slow!
A: Look at the section "To run resource-demanding games" for more information.
Q: I would like to change the memory size/cpu speed/ems/soundblaster IRQ.
A: This is possible! Just create a config file: config -writeconf configfile .
Start your favourite editor and look at all the settings present. To
start DOSBox with your new settings: dosbox -conf configfile
Q: What sound hardware does DOSBox presently emulate?
A: DOSBox emulates several legacy sound devices:
- Internal PC speaker
This emulation includes both the tone generator and several forms of
digital sound output through the internal speaker.
- Creative CMS/Gameblaster
The is the first card released by Creative Labs(R). The default
configuration places it on port 0x220. It should be noted that enabling
this with the Adlib emulation may result in conflicts.
- Tandy 3 voice
The emulation of this sound hardware is complete with the exception of
the noise channel. The noise channel is not very well documented and as
such is only a best guess as to the sound's accuracy.
- Adlib
Borrowed from MAME, this emulation is almost perfect and includes the
Adlib's ability to almost play digitized sound.
- SoundBlaster 16/ SoundBlaster Pro I & II /SoundBlaster I & II
By default DOSBox provides Soundblaster 16 level 16-bit stereo sound.
You can select a different SoundBlaster version in the configfile of
DOSBox (See Internal Commands: CONFIG).
- Disney Soundsource
Using the printer port, this sound device outputs digital sound only.
- Gravis Ultrasound
The emulation of this hardware is nearly complete, though the MIDI
capabilities have been left out, since an MPU-401 has been
emulated in other code.
- MPU-401
A MIDI passthrough interface is also emulated. This method of sound
output will only work when used with a General Midi or MT-32 device.
Q: DOSBox crashes on startup and I'm running arts.
A: This isn't really a DOSBox problem, but the solution is to set the
environment variable SDL_AUDIODRIVER to alsa or oss.
Q: Great README, but I still don't get it.
A: While unlikely, this seems to happen. A look at "The Newbie's
pictorial guide to DOSBox" located at
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewforum.php?f=39 might help you.
You could also try the wiki of dosbox:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/
For more questions read the remainder of this README and/or check
the site/forum:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
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3. Usage:
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An overview of the command line options you can give to DOSBox.
Windows Users must open cmd.exe or command.com or edit the shortcut to
DOSBox.exe for this.
The options are valid for all operating systems unless noted in the option
description:
dosbox [name] [-exit] [-c command] [-fullscreen] [-conf congfigfile]
[-lang languagefile] [-machine machinetype] [-noconsole]
[-startmapper] [-noautoexec]
dosbox -version
name
If "name" is a directory it will mount that as the C: drive.
If "name"
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