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First post, by lafguy

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I have games off a 3.5 floppy I load into dosbox. I was wondering is there any way I can copy the installed files in dosbox to a cd? My next system won't have a floppy drive. I highly doubt a usb floppy would read a dos game floppy.

Reply 1 of 7, by Dominus

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1. use the latest and greatest Dosbox (0.72 is really really old already)
2. USB Floppy drives work fine
3. use Winimage to make a disk image of your floppies and use imgmount in Dosbox to mount your diskimages. If your game needs multiple floppies, use SVN of Dosbox (or next version after Dosbox 0.74 when it comes out).

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 2 of 7, by lafguy

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Ok got that to work but, now I can't get full screen.

fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=2560x1440
windowresolution=original
output=surface
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt
usescancodes=true

Monitor: Eizo Coloredge CG275W

If I run dosbox 072 like above I get a small screen to the left works fine.

If I put fullscreen=true

I get same small dosbox screen more in the middle with just the words no border and a red retangular square on top.

I have bought some GOG games that go full screen just fine on this monitor

7th guest 11th hour etc

Any ideas

Reply 3 of 7, by Dominus

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sorry for the strong language but when one ignores the very first part of the first answer, I can't help myself...

DON'T FUCKING RUN 0.72. IT'S ANCIENT!!!!

You might have to do other things besides upgrading AND READING THE MANUAL (of 0.74 that is), but I won't help until you did that (<- UPGRADED TO DOSBOX 0.74 AND READ THE MANUAL).

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 5 of 7, by Dominus

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Look at the autoexec part in the config.

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 7 of 7, by IIGS_User

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lafguy wrote:

Thanks for your help. I'll set the dosbox later. What are your favorite games on dosbox?

Or: "What games are (or was) available for DOS?"

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