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Short:Amiga port of DOSBox
Author:NovaCoder
Uploader:novacoder yahoo co uk
Type:misc/emu
Version:0.74-3.20
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:2025-11-21
Distribution:Aminet
Download:misc/emu/DOSBox_RTG.lha - View contents
Readme:misc/emu/DOSBox_RTG.readme
Downloads:10236

Overview:

Amiga 68k port of DosBox v0.74-3.

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very
easy to port to different platforms. 
DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows,
BeOS, Linux, MacOS and AmigaOS.
Unfortunately this special 68k port is very slow on real classic hardware
but older PC games should be playable on a Storm.


Requirements:

1) An RTG Amiga (32-bit pixel format ARGB recommended).
2) 68060 processor or better (PiStorm CM4 recommended).
3) 64 MB of RAM.
4) AHI installed and configured (see links section below).
5) CAMD library for native MIDI playback (see links section below).
6) Some old PC games or demos.


Features:

 * SDL based port
 * Native MIDI support (CAMD)
 * AHI Sound support
 * Fullscreen and window mode support
 * 32 bit scaler support

 
Configuration Options:

When running from the shell you must specify a stack of at least 300,000.
The AHI device used will be the one configured in your AHI Prefs (Unit 0).
You will need to install the CAMD library if you want to use an external MIDI
device.  The DOSBox log file will tell you which core it is actually using.
Read the DOSBox readme to figure out how to use it.
The 'love8bit' configuration option can be used to show some love for
8-bit display modes, obviously you'll lose support for high color games
and the advanced scalers.


Performance Considerations:

1) Fast File System isn't, use PFS3 instead.
2) Use v4.18 of AHI as the later versions are too slow on real hardware.
3) Stick with the 'FAST' 8 bit Mono/Stereo++ AHI modes.
4) Full screen 8-bit mode will be the fastest option (love8bit).
5) Image scaling will add an additional overhead, this includes enabling
   aspect ratio correction.


Limitations:

1) No network support
2) No physical CDROM support but ISO images can be mounted


Version History:

0.74-3.09 - New version based on the offical 0.74-3 release.
0.74-3.10 - Updated config to disable closewb by default.
0.74-3.12 - Updated the screen mode detection algorithm.
0.74-3.16 - Fixed bug with keyboard layouts when using a non-us keyboard.
0.74-3.17 - Fixed 32 bit color handling, updated hot keys.
0.74-3.18 - Fixed display handling.
0.74-3.19 - Slight performance increase.
0.74-3.20 - Fixed bugs with the screen mode handling.


Links:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=96151 (DOSBox thread on EAB)
https://www.dosbox.com (DOSBox page)
http://aminet.net/package/driver/audio/ahiusr_4.18 (AHI Audio system)
http://aminet.net/package/mus/edit/camd (Commodore Amiga Midi Driver)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21824 (keyboard layout codes)


Thanks and acknowledgements:

The DOSBox team and Moe Wilder for the 68k testing.


Contents of misc/emu/DOSBox_RTG.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[Amiga]                    670    1085  61.8% -lh5- bfdd Oct 20 11:17 DOSBox/dosbox-0.74.conf.info
[Amiga]                  10883   15708  69.3% -lh5- db51 Aug 21 23:13 DOSBox/DOSBox.info
[Amiga]                   1540    2968  51.9% -lh5- d04b Nov 21 22:33 DOSBox/DOSBox.readme
[Amiga]                   1862    2808  66.3% -lh5- a417 Mar  4  2019 DOSBox/DOSBox.readme.info
[Amiga]                 848392  848392 100.0% -lh0- 3344 Nov  2 20:52 DOSBox/DOSBox_src.zip
[Amiga]                    730    2528  28.9% -lh5- 8845 Jan 14  1980 DOSBox/mapper-0.74.map
[Amiga]                  11819   32130  36.8% -lh5- f56b May 10  2010 DOSBox/news
[Amiga]                  22765   63204  36.0% -lh5- fced May 10  2010 DOSBox/readme
[Amiga]                   1843    2781  66.3% -lh5- 8dc0 Jun 23 21:15 DOSBox/readme.info
[Amiga]                    542    1001  54.1% -lh5- 9d42 May 10  2010 DOSBox/thanks
[Amiga]                    208     276  75.4% -lh5- d97e May 10  2010 DOSBox/authors
[Amiga]                   7118   18332  38.8% -lh5- d1a6 May 10  2010 DOSBox/copying
[Amiga]                1036928 8128224  12.8% -lh5- 53e5 Nov 21 22:25 DOSBox/DOSBox
[Amiga]                  23185   64230  36.1% -lh5- f63a Jun 27  2019 DOSBox/DOSBox 0.74-3 Manual.txt
[Amiga]                    669    1085  61.7% -lh5- 97e1 Jun 23 21:15 DOSBox/DOSBox 0.74-3 Manual.txt.info
[Amiga]                   4332   11547  37.5% -lh5- 0655 Oct 20 11:17 DOSBox/dosbox-0.74.conf
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        16 files 1973486 9196299  21.5%            Nov 21 23:16
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