As XP is now without further support and let loose by Microsoft some DOS diehards like me need to execute dos programs in a 32 or 16 bit dos emulation.
Win 8.1 is on a newer computer usually in its 64 bits format….
In the fora I have seen 5 possible solutions:
- Run it in a Dos window of a 32 bit Windows 8.1 install
- Use Dosbox . See its wiki for more info.
Windows claims Dosbox is compatible with its version 8.1. However it says DosBox version 1 is compatible whereas the current known DosBox version is 0.74. Weird - The third possibility seems to use Window’s own Hyper Visor or Client hyper V. See also Bringing Hyper V to Windows
- Oracles Virtual Box maybe?
- VM ware player is mentioned as another alternative.
Still trying to figure it out.
Jan Hellings
I use dosbox v0.72
It is very good working and I have no problems, only the screen colors goes random when I end a game.
I am using a Dell 2350 Intel core i7, and 12GB of memory.
Also on my laptop, an Acer 7530 it works fine.
I tried VMWare, but thats dificult to install.