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DOSBox on x64 systems

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First post, by dogulas3

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All my computers run Windows 7 x64 but I haven't seen anything in the documentation or in this forum that states that DOSBox works on 64 bit systems.

Will it?

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dogulas

Reply 1 of 4, by DosFreak

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Yes.

DOSBox 0.74 works on the following Windows operating systems:

95A,95B,95C,98FE,98SE,ME,NT4,2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,2008R2,8,2012
Both 32bit and 64bit. No Itanium, MIPS or Alpha support.

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Reply 2 of 4, by dogulas3

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DosFreak,

Ok, I tried it and it works beutifully. Even though Microsoft says a 16 bit program will not run on a 64 bit platform. You guys are great!

By the way. It doesn't like to run at the same time as Oracle's VirtualBox, but for me that is not a problem.

Thanks,
dogulas

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dogulas

Reply 3 of 4, by HunterZ

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DOSBox is generally a 32-bit app, which is supported by 64-bit Windows.

DOSBox emulates 16- and 32-bit DOS environments on virtual hardware.

Reply 4 of 4, by IIGS_User

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dogulas3 wrote:

Even though Microsoft says a 16 bit program will not run on a 64 bit platform.

This is still true, even if you run the 16 bit program inside DOSBox.

Klimawandel.