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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Type INTRO in DOSBox for a quick tour.
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It is essential that you get familiar with the idea of mounting, DOSBox does not
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automatically make any drive (or a part of it) accessible to the emulation. See
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the FAQ entry "How to start?" as well as the description of the MOUNT command
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(section 4: "Internal Programs"). If you have your game on a cdrom you may try
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(Section 4: "Internal Programs"). If you have your game on a cdrom you may try
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this guide: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=8933
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AUTOMATION: Do I always have to type these commands?
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In the DOSBox configuration file is an [autoexec] section. The commands
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present there are run when DOSBox starts, so you can use this section
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for the mounting. Look at Section 13: The configuration (options) file
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for the mounting. Look at Section 13: "The configuration (options) file".
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FULLSCREEN: How do I change to fullscreen?
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SOUND: The sound stutters or sounds stretched/weird.
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You may be using too much CPU power to keep DOSBox running at the current
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speed. You can lower the cycles, skip frames, reduce the sampling rate of
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the respective sound device, increase the prebuffer. See section 13: "The
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configuration (options) file"
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If you are using cycles=max or =auto, then make sure that there is no
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background processes interfering! (especially if they access the harddisk)
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Also look at Section 10. "How to speed up/slow down DOSBox"
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the respective sound device, increase the prebuffer. See Section 13: "The
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configuration (options) file".
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If you are using 'cycles=max' or 'cycles=auto', then make sure that there is
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no background processes interfering! (especially if they access the harddisk)
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Also look at Section 10: "How to speed up/slow down DOSBox" as well as
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Section 11: "Troubleshooting".
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KEYBOARD: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
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detected), or the key mapping is wrong.
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Some possible fixes:
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1. Use / instead, or ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
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2. Change the DOS keyboard layout (see Section 8: Keyboard Layout).
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2. Change the DOS keyboard layout (see Section 8: "Keyboard Layout").
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3. Add the commands you want to execute to the [autoexec] section
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of the DOSBox configuration file.
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4. Open the DOSBox configuration file and change the usescancodes entry.
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SPEED: The game/application runs much too slow/too fast!
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Look at the section 10: "How to speed up/slow down DOSBox" for more
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Look at Section 10: "How to speed up/slow down DOSBox" for more
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information.
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CRASH: The game/application does not run at all/crashes!
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Look at Section 11: Troubleshooting
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Look at Section 11: "Troubleshooting".
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CRASH: DOSBox crashes on startup!.
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Look at Section 11: Troubleshooting
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Look at Section 11: "Troubleshooting".
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GAME: My Build game(Duke3D/Blood/Shadow Warrior) has problems.
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OPTIONS: I would like to change DOSBox's options.
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Look at Section 13. "The configuration (options) file"
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Look at Section 13: "The configuration (options) file".
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HELP: Great Manual, but I still don't get it.
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An overview of the command line options you can give to DOSBox. Although
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in most cases it is easier to use DOSBox's configuration file instead.
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See: Section 13. "The configuration (options) file"
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See Section 13: "The configuration (options) file".
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To be able to use Command Line Parameters:
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(Windows) open cmd.exe or command.com or edit the shortcut to dosbox.exe
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-conf configfilelocation
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Start DOSBox with the options specified in "configfilelocation".
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Multiple -conf options may be present.
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See Section 13 for more details.
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See Section 13: "The configuration (options) file" for more details.
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-lang languagefilelocation
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Start DOSBox using the language specified in "languagefilelocation".
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See Section 14 for more details.
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See Section 14: "The Language File" for more details.
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-machine machinetype
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Setup DOSBox to emulate a specific type of machine. Valid choices are:
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config -writeconf c:\dosgames\dosbox.conf
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2. To set the cpu cycles to 10000:
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config -set "cpu cycles=10000"
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3. To turn ems memory emulation off:
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config -set "dos ems=off"
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3. To turn EMS memory emulation off:
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config -set "dos ems=false"
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4. To check which cpu core is being used.
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config -get "cpu core"
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KEYB [keyboardlayoutcode [codepage [codepagefile]]]
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Change the keyboard layout. For detailed information about keyboard layouts
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please see Section 8: "Keyboard Layout"
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please see Section 8: "Keyboard Layout".
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[keyboardlayoutcode] is a string consisting of five or less characters,
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examples are PL214 (Polish typists) or PL457 (Polish programmers).
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a different machine type. So either reassign them or reset the mapper.
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These are the default keybindings. They can be changed in the keymapper
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(see Section 7: KeyMapper).
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(see Section 7: "KeyMapper").
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In MAC OS you can try using cmd(applekey) together with Ctrl if the key doesn't
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work eg. cmd-ctrl-F1, but some keys may still need remapping (in Linux too).
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7. KeyMapper:
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=============
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You start the DOSBox mapper either with CTRL-F1 (see section 5. Special Keys)
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or -startmapper (see Section 3. Command Line Parameters).
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You start the DOSBox mapper either with CTRL-F1 (see Section 5: "Special Keys")
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or -startmapper (see Section 3: "Command Line Parameters").
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You are presented with a virtual keyboard and a virtual joystick.
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These virtual devices correspond to the keys and events DOSBox will
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To switch to a different keyboard layout, either the entry "keyboardlayout"
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in the [dos] section of the DOSBox configuration file can be used, or the
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internal DOSBox program keyb.com (Section 4: Internal Programs)
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Both accept DOS conforming language codes (see below),
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but only by using keyb.com a custom codepage can be specified.
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internal DOSBox program keyb.com (Section 4: "Internal Programs"). Both accept
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DOS conforming language codes (see below), but only by using keyb.com a
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custom codepage can be specified.
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The default keyboardlayout=auto currently works under windows only. The language
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is chosen according to the OS language, but the keyboard layout is not detected.
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====================
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General tip:
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Check messages in DOSBox Status Window. See section 12. "DOSBox Status Window"
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Check messages in DOSBox Status Window. See Section 12: "DOSBox Status Window".
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DOSBox crashes right after starting it:
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- use different values for the output= entry in your DOSBox
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