Well, then. If nothing can be done with Dosbox failing to run on the tablet-only Asus T100 --- can anyone suggest a particular alternative VM or other solution? One that is not too memory-hungry? I just need to run DOS inside Windows 8.1, with and without a keyboard, using sometimes the on-screen …

I installed Turbodosbox on a Galaxy Note 8 Android tablet, then installed my 32-bit DOS Forth language program with 32-bit Pharlap extender under Turbodosbox. The program ran just fine for a few months. Then, without any apparent cause, it stopped working. That is, Dosbox still runs ok, but when I …

No, it truly is a 32-bit Dos program, using the Pharlap 32-bit Dos extender. Written around 1985, I think. I have been running this program for many years in Dosbox, under Win95, Win2000, WinXP, Win7, and now Win8.1. Also under Android, using Turbo Dosbox in a tablet and on my phone. In all of these …

So --- can anything be done? Or is there another way, beside Dosbox, to run a 32-bit DOS program under Windows 8.1? The program isx the LMI Forth programming language.

Could this problem possibly be caused by some incorrect dosbox setting?

I installed the latest Dosbox on my Asus T100 tablet/laptop hybrid running Windows 8. With the keyboard attached, Dosbox runs fine. However, in tablet mode, without the keyboard, Dosbox will not run. When I click its icon, the Dosbox window appears for a split second, then disappears, and nothing …