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DOSBox is an emulator that emulates a complete X86 PC (video, sound, and other hardware) with installed DOS (operating system) on new PCs which are running Win2000/XP. Reason to emulate DOS is that old DOS games can not be played on newer systems , and even if you can play them, today's PCs are way to fast for these great oldies.
DOSBox is mostly used to run games, but you can run also some old applications too.
This tutorial will explain step by step how to prepare, install and set up DOSBox, how to set up games downloaded from Abandonia Web Site.
This tutorial is aimed at people with little or no experience with DOS and PC, but can be also used by advanced members to optimize their DOSBox setup.
To run DOSBox at sufficient speed, you need a processor with speed of at least 1 GHz (some games will run fine on slower processors too) and you have to have Win2000 or Win XP operating system. It is possible to run it under Win98, but if you running Win9x, you better use some programs to slow your computer down (if your computer is too fast), and just use DOS that is included in Win98 operating system.
Prepare a cup of coffee, feed the pets and let's start with tutorial.