Short: RunDOS - a GUI for DOSBox Author: Various Uploader: Samo79 Type: misc/emu Version: 1.2 Requires: MorphOS Architecture: ppc-morphos Distribution: Aminet 1. About RunDOS RunDOS is a tool which can easily help you to run MS-DOS software simply by clicking on the icon. RunDOS is not an emulator. It just sends required data to the DOSBox emulator. 2. Requirements - MorphOS - DOSBox 3. Instalation Instalation is not very complicated but it needs some attention. The first thing is to set up appropriate environment variables: - RunDOSpath - here we put a source path to the executable DOSBox file (eg. Work:Emulators/DOSBox/DOSBoxMOS). - RunDOSCpath - here we put a source path to the configuration file of DOSBox (eg. Work:Emulators/DOSBox/dosbox.conf). It is important that the values of the variables need to be in one line (without "enter" at the end). Those two files have to be put in ENVARC: Executable file of RunDOS should be copied anywhere you want. I suggest C: directory. 4. How to use? When you find a tool for MS-DOS we have to find its executable file. The next thing is to add an icon to it and set its type on "project". In the field "Default Tool" put path to the RunDOS. Basically that's all. Using tooltypes we can set some DOSBox options (those tooltypes override the variables used in the default configuration file (RunDOSCpath) of RunDOS). The tooltypes are: FULLSCREEN=true|false CYCLES=2500 BLOCKSIZE=1024 FRAMESKIP=1 NOSOUND=true|false AUTOEXECA=[line before generated by RunDOS autoexec] AUTOEXECB=[line after genereted by RunDOS autoexec] QUIT - DOSBox will be turn off after exit from DOS application Tooltypes can be set separately for each program. Main configuration file remains unchanged. Now we are ready do double click on the icon and enjoy MS-DOS software without need of running anykind of emulator. WARNING: If the contest of DOSBox configuration file has been changed in very sophisticated way - mainly in the matter of order of the RunDOS variables - then there might occur some problems in setting the tooltypes. 5. At the end... Big Thanks for Marcin Kielisiński!