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DOSBox
DOSBox 0.74
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DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X.

DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games.

You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer.
What's New
Version 0.74:
  • Several small game specific fixes/hacks/support. (Offensive, Roadhog, GTA installer, Kingdom O' Magic soundcard detection, Pirate booter, Armored Fist installer)
  • Add the S3-specific 640x480 256 color mode. (fixes regression in "Wooden Ships and Iron Men" and "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream")
  • Fix a stack overflow that could crash DOSBox.
  • Add fake microphone input. (fixes Talking Parrot)
  • Modify adlib turn off code, so that it doesn't turn off in cases where the same sound is repeated over and over again.
  • Several small fixes to the CDROM audio code. (HOMM2, Redneck Rampage and others)
  • Several improvements to the CDROM emulation code. (fixes Alpha Storm and GT Racing 97)
  • Some small CPU fixes that might fix something.
  • Handle opcode 0xff subcode 7 as invalid instruction. (fixes dif-2 & others)
  • Some hercules fixes. (Testdrive)
  • Improve support for blanked parts that wrap around to the start of the screen. (fixes Magic Circle demo and Sid&Al)
  • Remove old OPL cores as the new ones seem to work very nicely.
  • Modify movie recording code so that the movies aren't corrupt when you exit dosbox without stopping the movie.
  • Change RGB3x scaler to look more pretty.
  • Improve initial register values compatility of the GUS.
  • Added autodetection for Gameblaster. (games can find it now-)
  • Change render preferences a bit to be more compatible with Windows 7.
  • Add DOS fixes to terminate program. (fixes Fortune Teller)
  • Add FFREEP. (fixes Trucks)
  • Improve FPU ST80 in C mode when writing zero. (fixes Antigok)
  • Add special int10 scanline function. (fixes mz700 and probably lots of games that mess with them)
  • Fix scrolling in rarely used video modes. (fixes Orphee)
  • Modify game specific hacks a bit so that Kick off 3 works again.
  • Lots of fixes to the INT10 video parameter table. (Seven spirits of ra and others)
  • Add VGA blanking in machine=vgaonly. (used by Alien Carnage)
  • CGA, PCJr, Tandy: Add video blanking, change display start latch timing, sync pulse width correction.
  • PCJr, Tandy: implement vertical retrace interrupt.
  • PCJr, CGA: line-by-line video emulation.
  • PCJr: support on-screen change of color modes 4medium to 16low. (used by Ghostbusters booter)
  • Hercules: Add green and amber monochrome support.
  • All machines: only update the video timing when needed. (Jungle Hunt, others that synchronize to the video screen might profit)
  • Several small DOS fixes.
  • Some UMB related fixes. (The Legacy without UMB)
  • Fix version number of DSP for SB 1.5. (fixes a few games)
  • Several VGA emulation improvements. (Allertone football manager)
  • Some Tandy fixes. (Mech Warrior)
  • Small improvements and fixes to the OPL emulation.
  • Add low level Tandy DAC emulation.
  • Some EMS fixes. (fixes Mortal Kombat and others)
  • Change SoundBlaster DSP reset mechanism, add sb irq acknowledge logic. (fixes stmik-based applications)
  • Some interrupt pointer location modifications. (fixes Tinker Tales)
  • Some fixes to the BOOT code. (fixes Last Mission)
  • Respect write-only file information. (fixes Champions of Zulala)
  • Some RTC fix. (fixes Tully Bodine and others)
  • Improve mouse emulation to work better with Water World.
  • Hopefully fix the translation of the configuration file.
  • Speed up and fixes for the recompiler core. (pitfall2 pcjr)
  • Change memory start location. (fixes 7th Guest installer)
  • Several fixes to the batch file handling. (Shift and use the typed first %0 instead of the parsed %0)
  • Improve file redirection and redirected line ends. (fixes Phantasmagoria 2 DOS installer)
  • Fix compilation with new MAC os X version.
  • Add 16C550A FIFO support to the serial port emulation.
  • Improve modem emulation to get higher speeds.
  • Change default samplerates to 44100, blocksize to 1024 and prebuffer to 20, so that hopefully certain soundcards produce more fluent sound playback.
  • Add some rarely used, but for some games critical flags to the internal commands.
  • Add -userconf flag, so that the userspecific configuration can easily be used together with -conf configfile.
  • Improve internal timing with repeating timers (especially with the dynamic core).
Version 0.74:
  • Several small game specific fixes/hacks/support. (Offensive, Roadhog, GTA installer, Kingdom O' Magic soundcard detection, Pirate booter, Armored Fist installer)
  • Add the S3-specific 640x480 256 color mode. (fixes regression in "Wooden Ships and Iron Men" and "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream")
  • Fix a stack overflow that could crash DOSBox.
  • more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3 or later.







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DOSBox User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 0.x:
(7)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(7)

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+7
dreamkatcha commented on 10 Dec 2006
It seems to totally ignore any changes I make to the default DOSBox.Prefs file and doesn't recognise the 'conf' command when I try to remind the app where the config file is located.

After setting the frame skipping to 1 and increasing the CPU cycles I managed to run Command & Conquer at a reasonable speed on a Mac Mini 1.4ghz with 512mb RAM.
[Version 0.65]


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Anonymous reviewed on 21 Jul 2005
Amazingly promising. Runs Ultima Underworld without a hitch. Only problems with hooking it up with more conventional memory, so can't play the sequel
[Version 0.63]


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Anonymous reviewed on 22 Jun 2005
Works fine except for the characters. This just won't be the same as the keyboard. Example, when I type ":", it shows a ">". How can I solve that?
[Version 0.63]


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Anonymous reviewed on 07 Jun 2005
such a fantastic application, I really hope there will be an update with saves or macros...? so I don't have to keep mounting the same folder!
[Version 0.63]


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Anonymous reviewed on 07 Dec 2004
It is fantastic and yet terribly slow.

How do I turn off sound? I've got a powerbook G4 and the sound here is worse than my Apple IIc.

I wish more info came with this program...
I hope there'll be an update...
I hope there'll be at least one menu option in the updated version...

Would be nice also, if you could click out of this window without having to cmd-tab all the time...(small thing)
[Version 0.63]


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Anonymous reviewed on 03 Dec 2004
SWEET :D Now I can play Legend of Kyrandia again. Although I originally played the Mac version not DOS.
[Version 0.63]


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Anonymous reviewed on 22 Nov 2004
I tried to run the programme by double-click on the application. But nothing happens. I've got 10.3.6 and a Pismo G3 500MHz.
[Version 0.63]

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Anonymous commented on 30 Jan 2005
HELP! d: drive not mounting!!!! iv'e got a mac os 10.3! how to play dos game?
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Anonymous reviewed on 11 Nov 2004
I have Mac OSX 10.2 but I tried to run this program and it refuses to work as the readme.txt states it is for 10.3 only.
[Version 0.62]


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Anonymous reviewed on 03 Oct 2004
I have radnor and the sdl library installed. I have never really used dos, so I cannot figure out how to mount a cdrom rom. Any help? The dosbox website isnt very helpful.
[Version 0.62]


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Anonymous reviewed on 21 May 2004
OK, I didn't realize at first that I needed Radnor to run on top of this: with it, I'm able to run my favorite DOS games after all...and they run on my 1GHz Emac with 750 megs of RAM with no noticeable slowdown in speed (they have motion and sound, but aren't FPS games, so speed isn't as critical). One of these games isn't the most stable going, but it ran with no glitches. I'm really pleased!
[Version 0.61]


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License:Free
Date:12 May 2010
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DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X.

DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games.

You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer.
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