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|license = GNU GPLv2
{{Main|Intel_CPUs#Emulators}}===Notable active forks=== <div style="display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; justify-content: space-between;"><div style="flex: 1 0 240px; margin: 0.5em;"><font size="3"><b>The following forks are standalone emulators:</b></font>
===Active forks===
;{{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox Pure|screenshot = DOSBox Pure start menu.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox Pure start menu.|developer = Bernhard Schelling (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox Pure}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]]<br/>[[Emulators on Android|Android]]<br/>[[Emulators on 3DS|3DS]]<br/>[[Emulators on GameCube|GameCube]]<br/>[[Emulators on Wii|Wii]]<br/>[[Emulators on Wii U|Wii U]]<br/>[[Emulators on Switch|Switch]]<br/>[http[Emulators on PS2|PS2]]<br/>[[Emulators on PSP|PSP]]<br/>[[Emulators on Vita|Vita]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [https://ykhwonggithub.xcom/schellingb/dosbox-y.net DOSBox SVN Daumpure Site]|license = GNU GPLv2|support = [https:Was an enhanced build of DOSBox by ykhwong, with support for Direct3D and HLSL shaders, Glide, Ethernet, virtual printer, and a built//ko-in UIfi. However, it hasn't been updated in years, and most of what it added was covered by the actively maintained com/schelling Ko-fi]<br/>[http://paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3WX4KRRTHN6EL PayPal]<br/>[#Active forks https://schelling.itch.io/gamepad-phoenix/purchase Gamepad Phoenix]|DOSBoxsource = [https://github.com/schellingb/dosbox-Xpure GitHub]] fork.}}
;{{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox-core|screenshot = DOSBox-core MIDI on VSTi.jpg|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox-core running Ultima 8 with a standalone MIDI synthesizer (Roland's Sound Canvas emulator VSTi plugin "Sound Canvas VA") which is run using a VSTi host "Falcosoft Midi Player" (runs on Linux via [[Wine]] here).|developer = Nikos Chantziaras (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox-core}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Android|Android]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [httphttps://www.columbiagithub.educom/~em36realnc/win31dosbox.html Win31DOSBoxdosbox-core Site]:|license = GNU GPLv2|source = [https:Win31DOSBox aims to be an easy method of running Windows 3//github.x games through a customized version of DOSBoxcom/realnc/dosbox-X or DOSBox SVN. Among its many features, it adds an easy setup program and the ability to print from Windows 3.11. The maintainer of Win31DOSBox has since recommended using [[WineVDMcore GitHub]] instead.}}</div>
:There are multiple ways to get software onto the system===Some notable dead forks==={{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox ECE|screenshot = DOSBox ECE game directory.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox ECE game directory screenshot. For folders |developer = YesterPlay (maintainer) and files, you can drag them into the C-DRIVE folderothers|version = {{Version|DOSBox ECE}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = No|website = [https://yesterplay. If you have a physical CD you can just insert it into your CD drivenet/dosboxece/ yesterplay. If it's a CD image you need to mount it using a software like Virtual CloneDrive. If it's a floppy disk image you need to drag the respective images over the Extract to A-Drive Foldernet/dosboxece]|license = GNU GPLv2|source = [https://yesterplay.exe program which will extract them to the A-DRIVE foldernet/dosboxece/ yesterplay.net/dosboxece]}}
==References==;[http://ykhwong.x-y.net DOSBox SVN Daum]{{Reflist}}:Was an enhanced build of DOSBox by ykhwong, with support for Direct3D and HLSL shaders, Glide, Ethernet, virtual printer, and a built-in UI. However, it hasn't been updated in years, and most of what it added was covered by the actively maintained [[#Notable active forks|DOSBox-X]] fork.
==See Also==* [[Dosbox Compatibility List]] (Small list of very old emulator builds with flaky compatibility in DOSBox)</div>
→Notable active forks
|logo = DOSBox.png
|logowidth = 120
|version = 0.74-3{{Version|DOSBox}}
|active = No
|fate =
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on BSD|FreeBSD ]]<br/>[[Emulators on OS/2|OS/2]] and more|target = [[Intel CPUsPOS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|286 and 386]]
|prog-lang = C++
|developer = [https://www.dosbox.com/crew.php DOSBox Crew]
|website = [https://www.dosbox.com DOSBox.com]
|license = GNU GPLv2
|support = [https://btc.com/1BwXUekP4sFiR7kcqBxWrCYXU8ZAWQRbFK Bitcoin]<br/>[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?item_name=Donation+to+DOSBox+DOS+Emulator&cmd=_donations&business=qbix79%40users.sourceforge.net PayPal ([email protected])]<br/>[https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9259906fd9cd&mfid=1694152320123_f9259906fd9cd#/checkout/openButton PayPal ([email protected])]<br/>[https://paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RK4BA9ERN5AWL PayPal (Peter Veenstra)]
|source = [http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxsvn.tgz tgz]
}}
'''DOSBox''' is a free and open-source, [[High/Low level emulation|high-level]] [[Intel CPUsPOS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|286 and 386 emulator]] written in C++.
==Downloads==
|'''[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/23 Pyra build]'''
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'''Note: These versions are years out-of-date and missing countless features and bug fixes. [[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox forks]] are better choice for almost all users.'''
==Overview==
{{Main|Frontends#DOSBox}}
==See Also==
* [[Dosbox Compatibility List]] - Small list of very old emulator builds with flaky compatibility in DOSBox.
* [[DOSBox Wii Compatibility]]
==Forks==
DOSBox has many forks over the years. This section attempts to list the most notable ones. [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds#Enhanced_SVN_builds DOSBox's official wiki] also has a partial list of DOSBox forks. Even more forks are listed in the [https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/DOSBox-forks DOSBox forks page] of DOSBox Staging's GitHub wiki.
{{Infobox emulator
|title = DOSBox-X
|screenshotwidth = 250px
|screenshotcaption = The SDL2 UI on Windows 10. DOSBox-X also has versions for SDL1 and MinGW in the installer.
|developer = Jonathan Campbell<br/>(Project maintainer)<br/>Wengier, and others
|version = {{Version|DOSBox-X}}
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on DOS|DOS]]
|target = [[Intel POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]<br/>[[NEC PC-9800 series|NEC PC-98]]
|active = Yes
|website = [https://dosbox-x.com dosbox-x.com]
}}
{{MainInfobox emulator|Intel_CPUstitle = DOSBox Staging|screenshot = DOSBox Staging intro.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox staging intro screen.|developer = kcgen (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox Staging}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Notesx86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [https://dosbox-staging.github.io/ dosbox-staging.github.io]|license = GNU GPLv2|support = [https://github.com/sponsors/dosbox-staging GitHub Sponsor]<br/>[https://opencollective.com/dosbox-staging Open Collective]|source = [https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging GitHub]}}</div>
<div style===Others==="display: flex;[httpflex-flow://web.archive.org/web/20161230025119/httprow wrap; justify-content://home.arcor.de/hspace-a-l-9000/ DOSBox Mega Build]between;"><div style="flex:Was an enhanced build of DOSBox focused on serial/networking support1 0 240px; margin: 0. Contains the NE2000 patch, parallel port passthrough, virtual printer, OPL passthrough, and others. However, it hasn't been updated in years, and most of what it added was covered by the actively maintained 5em;"><font size="3"><b>The following forks are cores for [[#Active forks |DOSBox-Xlibretro]] fork.:</b></font>
<div style="display:To get started, you first need a copy of either Windows 3.11 or WfW (Windows for Workgroups) 3.11. Once you have that, you need to put in either the 6 (Windows 3.11) or 9 (WfW 3.11) floppy images, or the ISO file, or the MSDN selfflex; flex-flow: row wrap; justify-content: space-extracting .exe. After that, running InstallWin31DOSBox.exe which will automatically install Windows 3.x for you. Once it's finished, check that everything works and then install Video for Windows and Quicktime which is located in the Video folder in Program Manager. It is also recommended to install WinG and Win32s as wellbetween;"><div style="flex: 1 0 240px; margin: 0.5em;">
;[http://win9xboxweb.sourceforgearchive.net 9xboxorg/web/20161230025119/http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/ DOSBox Mega Build]:There was some interest in creating a version Was an enhanced build of DOSBox that would improve compatibility with Windows 95focused on serial/98/MEnetworking support. Contains the NE2000 patch, parallel port passthrough, virtual printer, OPL passthrough, and others. However, it never passed hasn't been updated in years, and most of what it added was covered by the theoretical stageactively maintained [[#Notable active forks|DOSBox-X]] fork.
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