![]() Here comes recommendation #1: Create a dedicated directory somewhere, out of the way but known by you, for all of your old DOS programs. In my case, the archive with the game is nothing more than a zip with an executable, so nothing to “install” other than dropping files somewhere for dosbox to load. The next step is to extract the game somewhere. If you remember an old game of your own, try searching on that site for those and hopefully the “install” will be the same. 0.74 isn’t listed, but so far it has worked well for me. On this site you’ll notice that it even lists DOSBox version compatibility, which is really nice. Ah yes, the memories of beating cousins who didn’t have it full time, right up until they beat me and then the game was no longer fun. I stumbled upon all of this while trying to find our family’s childhood favorite which is apparently named Digger or ‘Crazy Digger’. The current version is 0.74, which is what I have installed so the repositories are up to date. If you’re already on openSUSE then you likely have it installed since apparently it’s part of the default if not, install it in about ten seconds: > sudo zypper in dosbox Thankfully, getting things going is a breeze. To start out, we’ll just get something going, and then from there we’ll actually dive in properly to see all the options for dosbox. Remembering your childhood, showing your family how you used to be awesome on games using nothing more than arrow keys and a spacebar, letting you be “productive” in all kinds of new ways…. As its name implies, this opens a “box” (emulator) running DOS, in which you can run old DOS-like things, like those classic games that you haven’t been able to play since your parents upgraded to the 386 processor causing them to run too fast (yes, you are that old), or all of those old arcade games that you cannot even find anymore, but are available online if only you had a thirty-year-old computer on which to run them. To try to spread my wings just a bit today we’ll learn about something built into openSUSE 13.x which I stumbled upon last night: DOSBox. Some would call this interesting most would call it boring. Want to read multi-GB files in fractions of a second without spending too much money on more RAM? Done. ![]() Want to predictably modify a config file on ten thousand boxes without leaving your computer or manually wasting weeks of your life? Done. ![]() Of course, given that the program is distributed under the GPL, you can always make your own custom patches and compile if you need to.The majority of this series has been very practical, because most of the time I am a dreadful bore and focus on things that are very practical. ![]() The developers have also cited no interest in emulating a SoundBlaster AWE32/64 card, arguing that the Gravis UltraSound (which is emulated by DOSBox) produces far superior sampled sound, despite repeated requests from users. The official distributions do not support functions like printing, given that the emulator is geared toward gaming. DOSBox provides a means of continuing to enjoy older Windows games that cannot be run under current versions of Windows by running Windows 3.1 or even Windows 95 inside DOSBox (yes, the compatibility is that good).Īnyone used to using DOS will be right at home with the DOSBox shell, which not only implements most DOS commands, but also includes the ability to change the configuration from the DOSBox command-line using built-in "programs" (although most users will probably just edit the nf file in a text editor). Microsoft later dropped support for 16-bit software completely in 64-bit versions of Windows. The project was born out of frustration with DOS incompatibility with the various versions of Windows available circa 2000. ![]()
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