DOSBox

DOSBox emulates a full x86 pc with sound and DOS. Its main use is to run old DOS games on platforms which don't have DOS (Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 / Linux / FreeBSD / Mac OS X)

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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akyv13 Posted 2025-08-28

Thanks!
pauloh Posted 2025-04-18

Dans les années 90 j'ai écrit, pour mon usage, une application de gestion de comptes en Dbase III plus. Lorsque les PC Windows sont passés du 16 bits au 32 bits j'ai bien cru ne plus pouvoir utiliser cette application. Aujourd'hui encore il m'arrive de la faire évoluer. DOSBox m'a permis de continuer à l'utiliser et elle fonctionne sans problème. Un grand merci à cette émulateur.
bendanotes69 Posted 2023-03-30

I don't know if DosBox will run any of the old networking software like Novell, 3Com, IBM PC Lan, AT&T Starlan, or Banyan Vines, but it runs everything else quite well. Once you find the configuration file's location, it's very easy to edit and customize. It should come bundled with Windows. :)
mossyg Edited 2023-01-03

I think it's quite brilliant. A little tricky to set up but it's been a marvel for me. I've wanted to run the old Amstrad Locoscript software and it's the first completely stable environment I have been able to do so in. I know it's a but whacky still to be running Locoscript but it's databases are just brilliant and I can interface with my Libreoffice spreadsheet very easily.
therealanubis Edited 2022-03-22

This is REALLY really handy if you don't happen to have a bunch of old hardware lying around! Thank you all for the hard work. I have 1 question - how hard would it be to get the BOOT command to work in an actual version of DOS?