dosbox-x

Like DOSBox, it emulates a PC necessary for running many MS-DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems. However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this. Started as a fork of the DOSBox project, it retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for. But it is also a platform for running DOS applications, including emulating the environments to run Windows 3.x, 9x and ME and software written for those versions of Windows.

As a general-purpose DOS emulator, DOSBox-X has many useful and unique features that do not exist in other emulators like DOSBox, such as GUI menu and configuration tool, the ability to save and load state, support for more DOS commands and utilities, better compatibility with DOS applications, as well as Windows clipboard and long filename support for a tighter Windows integration. With DOSBox-X you can run most DOS applications and games reliably in a DOS virtual machine. When in the DOSBox-X command-line, you can type HELP for DOSBox-X command help. You can also open the file dosbox-x.conf for various optional settings in DOSBox-X.

Quick Start
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Type INTRO in DOSBox-X for a quick tour. It is essential that you get familiar with the idea of mounting, since DOSBox-X does not automatically make any drive (or a part of it) accessible to the emulation, unless you turn on automatic mounting of available Windows drives at start by changing the option automountall=false to automountall=true in the dosbox-x.conf file.

At the beginning you've got a Z:\> instead of a C:\> at the DOSBox-X prompt. Since no drives are mounted yet, you need to make your directories available as drives in DOSBox-X by using the "mount" command. For example, the command line "mount C D:\GAMES" will give you a C drive in DOSBox-X which points to your Windows D:\GAMES directory (that was created before). To change to the drive mounted like above, type "C:". If everything went fine, DOSBox-X will display the prompt "C:\>".

You don't have to always type these commands. There is an [autoexec] section in the dosbox-x.conf file. The commands present there are run when DOSBox-X starts, so you can use this section for the mounting and other purposes.

For more information about DOSBox-X, including usage tips and common ways to configure DOSBox-X, please read the online user guide in the DOSBox-X Wiki:
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/wiki

The issue tracker and source code for DOSBox-X are available from the DOSBox-X GitHub site. Please feel free to report issues or request new features in DOSBox-X:
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues