I can post a mail i send recently to bgkv77, it explains the first few steps:
Start:
Well i gonna first give you a link to a guide to how to use the program dosbox. Use this link as a guide when you are in doubt.
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=2502
ill explain the first few steps to use the program.
1.
You need to make a directory to place all the dos games that you unpack/get from diffrent sites. Lets say you place all those games in c:\oldgames
ex. you have maybe unpacked Civilization, so it have foloving patch:
c:\oldgames\colonize
2.
Then you start the program, dosbox.exe
the program start up, and you can see this:
z:\
3.
Now you tell dosbox where to find your old games, and type the following command at the z:\
mount c c:\oldgames
(and press enter)
mount c c:\oldgames
this command make dosbox create a virtual drive c: that you use to run your old games from.(note your normal c: drive wont be affected, this all happends within dosbox)
4. now its time to run a old game. you are still at z:\ now enter:
c:
(enter) (this will tell dosbox to go to the virtual drive you just created)
cd colonize
(enter) (now you enter the directory that colonization is installed under)
viceroy
(enter)
the game colonization start with viceroy.exe, this is just a example.
you use same procedure to other games the you unpack.
fell free to ask further questions, but try read the guide, as it have further explanation on how to increase/decrease peformance within dosbox.
End:
Hope it helps