dosbox.md

Dosbox

running on Linux

# check midi port
> pmidi -l
Port   Client name      Port name
14:0   Midi Through     Midi Through Port-0

# update config with correct midi port
> cat ~/.dosbox/dosbox-*.conf | grep 'midiconfig=' 
...
midiconfig=14:0
...

# setup directory for hosting dosbox data
> mkdir ~/dos

# run dosbox and mount dos directory
> dosbox
DOSBOX: mount c ~/dos 

installing game from CD

> dosbox
DOSBOX: mount c ~/dos
DOSBOX: mount d /media/user/gamecd -t cdrom
DOSBOX: d:
DOSOBX: SETUP.EXE
# note you can also copy data from cdrom and mount it like
# mount d ~/games/cdcontent -t cdrom

running a game from script

> dosbox \
-c 'mount c ~/dos' \
-c 'mount d ~/games/cdcontent/mygame -t cdrom' \
-c 'c:' \
-c 'cd mygame' \
-c 'MYGAME.exe'

using autoexec

cd ~/.dosbox
vi dosbox-*.conf
# edit [autoexec] section, example below
mount C ~/dos
C: