Questions tagged [dosbox]

DOSBox is a free emulator that emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running MS-DOS. It is intended especially for use with old PC games.

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dosemu crashes under LTS 12.04

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from 10.04. A DOS application that previously ran under dosemu now crashes with only the message "[4] Exit 194" displayed in the window from which I started it. ...
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Autoconfigure PCIe UART Card at boot - Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying to configure a Serial PCIe card (Exar XR17V3521 Dual PCIe UART) for use in DOSBox 0.74-3. The card uses the XR17V35X kernel module. Everything works fine, as long as I run setserial /dev/...
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DOSBox close immediately after opening TC and dos game

whenever i open TC and games like dave in DOSBox.DOSBox close immediately without any error.currently i'm using ubuntu 16.04 with gnome. thank you!
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Mouse pointer moves at different speeds up/down and left/right in DOSBox

I'm trying to run a game* in DOSBox. It works perfectly except the pointer which moves at different speeds along y and x axes: it moves much more quickly up/down than left/right. Simply adjusting ...
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running old msdos/windows program qa4 ver 4.0 on ubuntu 13.10

Looking for more info on this because I'm not sure how to qualify my qa4 v4.0 program (symantic). It runs on ms-dos, but also runs as a windows program in win3, 98, xp. It won't run under win7. I ...
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TurboC Dosbox changing windows using Super+Tab or Alt+Tab

I use Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, I recently installed and configured Turbo C on dosbox, i attend online courses and use Turbo C to practice. Is there a way that i can use super+tab or alt+tab to change ...
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DOSBox-X shows empty rectangles instead standard characters

I use Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 LTS. I installed DOSBox-X from the Software Center (Snap). I just get this screen... What's wrong here? How can I fix this? BTW: I can perfectly run the DOSBox (without &...
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How to copy a .img file into the Z:drive of Dosbox?

While trying to run an .img file in DosBox on Ubuntu 22.04, I was wondering: How do I copy a example.img file from Ubuntu filepath: /home/username/some_img.img to: Z:/some_dir on dosbox? (Such that I ...
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Getting error "Illegal Command: qbasic.exe" on dosbox after successful installation on ubuntu

I installed Dosbox on my ubuntu machine by using the following command sudo apt-get install dosbox After installation, when I open dosbox by typing the following command dosbox in terminal. It opens....
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Open a port in ubuntu 17.10 for dosbox

I am trying to open a port in Ubuntu 17.10, but first some background. For the last 16 hours I've been working on getting a BBS mailer set up under dosbox. In my dosbox conf, I have set up "serial1=...
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Computer crashed aconnect now lists Timidity service that isn't active on port 128:0

I was playing a game in Dosbox (Daggerfall to be exact) and my computer froze and I had to force restart. When I started Timidity service again using "Timidity -iAD" the service started on port 129:0 ...
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dosbox error in tasm as illegal command

whenevevr I m using dosbox emmulator and after mounting i m writing tasm or td tasm edit tasm then it is showing error "illegal command tasm" or illegal command edit
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