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First post, by cubias

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hi, im not very good with computers, so could someone please explain how to use dosbox simply and not in computer talk please?

Reply 1 of 5, by eL_PuSHeR

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1.- Read the readme file. It can't be that difficult to understand. Doesn't it?

2.- Read the newbie guides located somewhere on this forum.

3.- If you don't feel comfortable using command-line, you should get some GUI (frontend) for DOSBox. D-Fend, RobyDOSBox, etc...

If you still have queries, post back and we will try to help you.

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Reply 2 of 5, by MiniMax

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  1. Create a directory for your game, e.g. "C:\DOSBox stuff\MyGame".
  2. Insert CD in drive.
  3. Start DOSBox.
  4. In DOSBox, mount up DOSBox's drive C: and D:

    Z:>mount C "C:\DOSBox stuff\MyGame"
    Z:>mount D "D:\" -t cdrom -ioctl

    (assuming that D:\ is your real CD/DVD drive)
  5. Install the game from D: to C:

    Z:>D:
    D:>install

    (or "setup", or whatever the command to start the installation is called. Check your Manual/Installation Guide for MyGame for the exact command to use)
  6. Configure sound, configure graphics, ...

    (when you configure sound and are asked about stuff like IO/IRQ/DMA/High DMA addresses, please verify that you use the same values as listed in "%ProgramFiles%\DOSBox-0.63\dosbox.conf")
  7. Start game.

    D:>C:
    C:>dir
    C:>mygame

    (or "run", or "play" or whatever the command to start the game is called. Check your Manual/Installation Guide for MyGame for the exact command to use)

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Reply 3 of 5, by DosFreak

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Reply 4 of 5, by HunterZ

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Here, let me translate that into something more readable:

16CB:0100 66            DB      66
16CB:0101 55 PUSH BP
16CB:0102 66 DB 66
16CB:0103 8BEC MOV BP,SP
16CB:0105 66 DB 66
16CB:0106 81E5FFFF AND BP,FFFF
16CB:010A 0000 ADD [BX+SI],AL
16CB:010C 1E PUSH DS
16CB:010D 06 PUSH ES
16CB:010E 66 DB 66
16CB:010F 53 PUSH BX
16CB:0110 66 DB 66
16CB:0111 56 PUSH SI
16CB:0112 66 DB 66
16CB:0113 57 PUSH DI
16CB:0114 B990A4 MOV CX,A490
16CB:0117 C1 DB C1
16CB:0118 E9048C JMP 8D1F
16CB:011B C8 DB C8
16CB:011C 03C1 ADD AX,CX
16CB:011E 8ED8 MOV DS,AX

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