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Can I use a config.sys file?

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First post, by geoffl

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Hi,
I hope I am posting this in the right place.
Just started using dosbox for an old database program and it works well.
I have the following config.sys file I need to use
device=ansi.sys
fcbs=40,40
buffers=98,8
files=200
stacks=18,512
Can I load this in dosbox?
Any help greatly appreciated
Regards
Geoffl

Reply 1 of 5, by Dominus

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Do you NEED those settings, does the program NOT work in dosbox without these? Have you tried?
If you REALLY need those you will have to use a hard drive image and use the dosbox boot command.

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Reply 2 of 5, by geoffl

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Hi,
program does work - I do not understand why. but I really need ansi.sys.
We program F keys to do specific things
I do not understand hard drive image and boot command
Best regards
Geoffl

Reply 3 of 5, by geoffl

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Hi, can anyone tell me how i can load ansi.sys ?
Regards
Geoff

Reply 4 of 5, by wd

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You can't, dosbox provides ansi emulation already to a certain level needed by
a bunch of games. For everything else please use disk image support (read upon the
BOOT command in the readme).

Reply 5 of 5, by geoffl

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thank you for your help
geoffl

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