and yes i have read the readme's included but they havnt helped much. as to that problem. Ive tried putting the file in the user/home folder but that did nothing.
I forgot to mention I have a PG5 1.8Ghz

You have to specify the config file when you launch dosbox. For example say your config file is config.txt on your desktop. From the terminal it'd be:

dosbox -conf ~/Desktop/config.txt (~ is a shortcut to your home folder)

Keep in mind that this is case sensitive, capitalization MATTERS.

If this is too much consider employing a front end.

Doesn't DosBox check the Home directory for the .conf automagically? Or am I thinking of something else?

It might, but I've never bothered to use it that way since I use multiple config files for different games.

I typed in the command and hit enter but then it goes to the next line and nothing happenes. I think it might be permissions, but my screen name should have total read write control.

i tried the DosBoxer for mac but unfortionatly it wont select the config file that i have. Is it looking for a particular type of file?

If you don't have dosbox installed in your path you'll have to put the full path of the program. Say /Applications/dosbox -conf and so on and so forth. Most front ends let you specify all your settings in them instead of taking a config file.

Thanks for mentioning using the front end. I have found the DosBoxer very usefull and actualy got evreything to work. Also it makes it so I dont have to
repeatedly type evreything to get a particular game to work. It can be quite tedious to type all of thoes full directories

Nah, all you have to do is use the "Autoexec" section in DosBox.conf to set the directories automagically.