DOSBox - Revision history

Kingu: added link to latest version of Dosbox from the repo

2015-03-08T18:18:07Z

added link to latest version of Dosbox from the repo

Kingu: added keyboard faq answer to keyboard section

2013-10-31T07:05:02Z

added keyboard faq answer to keyboard section

Spiralofhope: /* Mounting ISOs (CD games) */

2012-05-28T19:54:42Z

‎Mounting ISOs (CD games)

Esn: /* Other tips */

2011-05-16T05:23:41Z

‎Other tips

Esn: /* Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y */ actually, it's the other way around

2011-04-27T03:32:16Z

‎Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y: actually, it's the other way around

ABC: /* Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y */ formating

2011-04-20T06:28:24Z

‎Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y: formating

Esn: /* Other tips */

2011-03-25T10:42:25Z

‎Other tips

Zapman: /* Known bugs and how to fix them */

2011-03-24T12:42:29Z

‎Known bugs and how to fix them

Esn: /* Mounting ISOs */

2011-03-18T22:48:50Z

‎Mounting ISOs

Esn: /* Simple way to get DOSBox working */

2011-03-18T22:45:07Z

‎Simple way to get DOSBox working

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 {{Infobox Emulator|title=DOSBox
 |image=
-|download=[http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/pandora.cgi?0,0,0,0,72,54 File Archive]
+|download=[http://repo.openpandora.org/includes/download.php?app=dosbox.pickle repo] [http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/pandora.cgi?0,0,0,0,72,54 File Archive]
 |developer=
 |porter=Pickle
-|version=0.74svn
+|version=1.0.0.0 repo  0.74svn file archive
 |webpage=[http://www.dosbox.com/ dosbox.com]
 |status=Available

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 . To quit DOSBox, close your game (in most games, you press the "Esc" key), then type in <code>exit</code>.
-==Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y==
+== Keyboard ==
 By default, DOSBox on the Pandora just assigns keys to their regular keyboard positions. This makes playing games very awkward unless you remap them to the action buttons.
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 ==Known bugs and how to fix them==
-*In order to use the colon symbol, [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53973-dosbox-cant-use-colon/page__pid__933150__st__0&#entry933150 you have to press shift (left shoulder button) + Fn + ";"]. This also goes for the underscore symbol.
 *For mysterious reasons, dboxfe will sometimes open up in Z: instead of in C:, as it should. If that happens, go to <code>/media/[your SD card]/pandora/appdata/dosbox/</code>, and delete the configuration files for DOSBox and DOSBoxFE (if you can't see any, press CTRL and the "H" key to view hidden files). Running it again after that should show that everything is back to normal. -[http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/2063-dosbox/page__view__findpost__p__41700]
 *In '''Jazz Jackrabbit CD''', the character will always walk to the left. Prometheus [http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/2063-dosbox/page__view__findpost__p__42081 says]: ''"Whilst I do not know what causes it, I now know that trying to load Jazz from a folder that was set up on another machine (in this case, my main computer, which runs Xubuntu) seems to result in the problem with Jazz automatically walking to the left. Just now, I re-copied the files afresh (which I described on the other forum, previously), and, here's the important bit: I ran the setup program on the Pandora. This seems to have solved the issue for me, although I don't know exactly why that would be."''
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 *An important thing to try when game doesn't work or is unstable is to run it with the normal core setting rather than dynamic. -[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53942-post-your-dosbox-successes-here/page__view__findpost__p__892011]
 *[http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/3469-nethack/ How to get NetHack working through DOSBox]

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 . "Ctrl", "Alt", "Shift" and "Space" are used as the action keys by most DOS games. By default, A/B/X/Y are mapped to home/end/pg up/pg down.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/58346-dosbox-problems/page__view__findpost__p__935632] Remove the mappings for those keys (select them in the keymapper window, and press "del" for each in turn), and then map "Ctrl", "Alt", "Shift" and "Space" to A/B/X/Y.
-==Mounting ISOs (CD games)==
+== Mounting ISOs (CD games) ==
-Read [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54011-dosbox-guide/page__view__findpost__p__882686 this].
 ==Known bugs and how to fix them==

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	*[[How to get NetKeen working on the Pandora]]		*[[How to get NetKeen working on the Pandora]]
		+	*[http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/3469-nethack/ How to get NetHack working through DOSBox]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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 {| class="wikitable"
-!DosBox(Keycode)!!Pandora Keyboard
+!Pandora key (Keycode)!!DOSBox key
 |-
 |A (key 278)||lctrl

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 By default, DOSBox on the Pandora just assigns keys to their regular keyboard positions. This makes playing games very awkward unless you remap them to the action buttons.
-The simplest way to do this is to go to the <code>/media/[your SD card]/pandora/appdata/dosbox/.dboxfe</code> directory and edit the mapper.txt file that you'll find there (if you can't see it, press CTRL and the "H" key to view hidden files).
+The simplest way to do this is to go to the <code>/media/[your SD card]/pandora/appdata/dosbox/.dboxfe</code> directory and edit the [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Mapper mapper.txt] file that you'll find there (if you can't see it, press CTRL and the "H" key to view hidden files).
 To make things really simple, download [http://pandorawiki.org/images/Mapper.txt this mapper.txt file] and copy it into that directory, replacing the existing mapper.txt file. Then you'll get the following key mappings when you start a game in Dboxfe:
-A (key 278)=lctrl
+{| class="wikitable"
+!DosBox(Keycode)!!Pandora Keyboard
-B (key 279)=rshift
+|-
+|A (key 278)||lctrl
-Y (key 280)=space
+|-
+|B (key 279)||rshift
-X (key 281)=lalt
+|-
+|Y (key 280)||space
-L (key 303)=rshift
+|-
+|X (key 281)||lalt
-R (key 305)=lalt
+|-
 That should be comfortable, since most DOS games use Space, Alt, Ctrl or Shift for their action buttons. Enter is also used (usually to bring up a menu), but it's already in a comfortable spot on the Pandora.

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	*An important thing to try when game doesn't work or is unstable is to run it with the normal core setting rather than dynamic. -[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53942-post-your-dosbox-successes-here/page__view__findpost__p__892011]		*An important thing to try when game doesn't work or is unstable is to run it with the normal core setting rather than dynamic. -[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53942-post-your-dosbox-successes-here/page__view__findpost__p__892011]
		+
		+	*[[How to get NetKeen working on the Pandora]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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 . Type in the name of the executable file for your game, with or without the extension (it's usually the one ending in .exe or .bat). So for "keen4.exe", you would type in <code>keen4</code>. (some games will want you to run setup.exe first - in which case, you type in <code>setup</code>)
-. The game should now start. By the way, at any time in steps 4 or 5, you can type in <code>dir /p</code> to see a list of the files and directories in that folder
+. The game should now start. By the way, at any time in steps 4 or 5, you can type in <code>dir /p</code> or just <code>dir</code> to see a list of the files and directories in that folder
 . To quit DOSBox, close your game (in most games, you press the "Esc" key), then type in <code>exit</code>.