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First post, by AppleNewB

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Hello everybody,

Two days ago I bought my first Mac, a MacBook Pro of 4 years old.
I also want to use my old PGP program with my keys.
So I downloaded Dosbox.
However I have absolutely no clue how to 'mount' or how to find a directory on a mac. I've always used Windows. And occasionally use PGP for my passwords. It has a very long key, so I would like to keep using it.

I installed WinOnX to try to run PGP.
However the dos functionality doesn't seem to work.
I can run my old Windows Cardfile on my Mac now.
And my PGP files seem to be in the folder y:/documents/pgp
However, I don't know how to get there when I'm in Dropbox.
It seems like a brilliant program.
I only want to know how to get to the folder where Apple copied my pgp files too. If only I knew how Apple organizes this.

This must be one of the most simple questions on the forum.
So simple that it is not even mentioned anywhere.
How can I find the right folder on a Mac, and move within Dosbox to that folder using cd and cd .. ?
Your help is much appreciated.

Reply 2 of 3, by AppleNewB

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Just read another post, about DosBox being especially for games.
So I guess it's not the best idea for using an application for password keeping like PGP. Although it worked, because that operation only
DOSBox IS NOT SUITED TO RUN YOUR NON-GAMING DOS APPLICATION

Are there other dos emulators on Dos that are suitable for running simple DOS commands with simple parameters like PGP [ name ] -p?

Reply 3 of 3, by digistorm

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You could try to install VirtualBox and install a copy of Windows on it. Alternatively you could buy VMware or Parallels Desktop and install Windows on it. They may even support pure MS-DOS installs, but I have never tried to.