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DOSBox v0.74-2 Manual (always use the latest version from www.dosbox.com)
=====
NOTE:
=====
While we are hoping that one day DOSBox will run all programs ever made for
the PC, we are not there yet.
At present, DOSBox running on a high-end machine will roughly be the equivalent
of a Pentium I PC. DOSBox can be configured to run a wide range of DOS games,
from CGA/Tandy/PCjr classics up to games from the Quake era.
DOSBox (dosbox-staging) v0.75.0 Manual
======
INDEX:
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It is essential that you get familiar with the idea of mounting, DOSBox does not
automatically make any drive (or a part of it) accessible to the emulation. See
the FAQ entry "How to start?" as well as the description of the MOUNT command
(Section 4: "Internal Programs"). If you have your game on a CD-ROM you may try
this guide: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8933
(Section 4: "Internal Programs").
===============
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HELP: Great Manual, but I still don't get it.
For more questions read the rest of this Manual. You may also look at:
guides located at https://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=53
the wiki of DOSBox https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/
the site/forum: https://www.dosbox.com
You'll find answers to most DOSBox-related questions throughout
this document. If you still have problems with running your game,
create a bug report or ask your question on:
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues
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itself to the virtual IPX network. For every additional computer that
should be part of the virtual IPX network, you'll need to type
"IPXNET CONNECT <computer host name or IP>".
For example, if your server is at bob.dosbox.com, you would type
"IPXNET CONNECT bob.dosbox.com" on every non-server system.
For example, if your server is at bob.foobar.com, you would type
"IPXNET CONNECT bob.foobar.com" on every non-server system.
To play games that need Netbios a file named NETBIOS.EXE from Novell is
needed. Establish the IPX connection as explained above, then run
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17. Contact:
============
See the site:
https://www.dosbox.com
for an email address (The Crew-page).
Project home:
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/
You can report bugs and ask questions in our bugtracker:
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues
If you want to chat, you'll find fellow users and developers on #dosbox-staging
channel on Luxtorpeda project Discord server:
https://discord.gg/WwAg3Xf

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.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
.TH DOSBOX 1 "Apr 17, 2020"
.TH DOSBOX 1 "Apr 21, 2020"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.SH NAME
dosbox \- an x86/DOS emulator with sound/graphics
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games (or earlier). Also note that "protected mode" games need substantially more resources and may
.RB "require a much faster processor for you to run it properly in " dosbox .
.SH BUGS
Not all DOS programs work properly.
.BR dosbox " will exit without warning if an error occurred."
.RI "To report a bug, please visit " https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The README in /usr/share/doc/dosbox
You'll find long and detailed manual in README file in /usr/share/doc/dosbox-staging
.SH AUTHOR
.RI "dosbox-staging project is maintained by the dosbox-staging team (" https://dosbox-staging.github.io/ ")
This manual page was written by Peter Veenstra <H.P.Veenstra@student.rug.nl> and James Oakley <jfunk@funktronics.ca>,
for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
for the Debian system (but may be used by others), updated by Patryk Obara <dreamer.tan@gmail.com> for dosbox-staging
project.