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(Linux) /.dosbox/dosbox-0.74-3.conf (MAC OS X) '/Library/Preferences/DOSBox 0.74-3 Preferences' The file is divided into several sections. Each section starts with a section name line. The settings are the property=value lines where value can be altered to customize DOSBox. # and% indicate comment-lines. With DOSBox, an emulator for the DOS operating system, you can execute programs and games that belong to this already mythical platform. It emulates 286 and 386 processors in real and protected modes. DOSbox-x 0.81 for Mac can be downloaded from our software library for free. The software lies within Games, more precisely Tools. Our built-in antivirus checked this Mac download and rated it as 100% safe. The size of the latest downloadable installation package is 41.1 MB. Frontend for Mac OS X dosboxer: 1.0 Win,Linux,Mac OS X frontend Jamyda: 1.0 Frontend in java DOSBox Game Launcher: 0.83 (0.74-3 compat) Frontend in java DOSBox Gui: 0.7 Frontend for Zeta Boxer: 0.65a Frontend for Mac OS X DOSBoxGui: 0.5.3 Frontend written in Tcl/Tk Petit dosbox.
These are the default keybindings. They can be changed using the keymapper.
Note: If you're using a Mac and are having trouble with the function keys, you may need to set your F keys to function as function keys. You can do this by going to System Preferences > Keyboard, going to the Keyboard area, and checking the 'Use all F1, F2, etc' box.
Key | Action |
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ALT-ENTER | Switch to full-screen (and back). |
ALT-PAUSE (ALT-F16 on OS X) | Pause emulation. |
CTRL-F1 | Show the keymapper configuration screen, |
CTRL-F4 | Update cached information about mounted drives. Useful if you changed something on a mounted drive outside of DOSBox. Also cycles through disk images mounted using IMGMOUNT. |
CTRL-F5 | Save a screenshot (goes to capture folder). |
CTRL-ALT-F5 | Start/Stop recording of AVI video. NOTE: You may well have some problems with this, please see Recording Video for more information. |
CTRL-F6 | Start/Stop recording sound output to a wave file (goes to capture folder). |
CTRL-ALT-F7 | Start/Stop recording of OPL commands. |
CTRL-ALT-F8 | Start/Stop the recording of raw MIDI commands. |
CTRL-F7 | Decreases frameskip. |
CTRL-F8 | Increases frameskip. |
CTRL-F9 | Kill (close) DOSBox. |
CTRL-F10 | Capture/Release the mouse (if you need to use the mouse within DOSBox). |
CTRL-F11 | Decrease DOSBox cycles (slows down the emulation). |
CTRL-F12 | Increase DOSBox cycles (speeds up the emulation). |
ALT-F12 | Unlock speed (turbo button). |
These default bindings are also documented in the README file accompanying the software.
Language Keys
When a keyboard layout is loaded:
CTRL+ALT+F2 | Switch between foreign layout and US layout. |
LEFT-ALT+RIGHT-SHIFT | Activate dual layouts (for some keyboards, e.g. GK codepage 869 and RU codepage 808). |
LEFT-ALT+LEFT-SHIFT | Deactivate dual layouts. |
For OS X you have to use additionally + [Applekey] for the same result
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INS key is [Fn] + M on OS X.
For Linux you have to use additionally + [win] for the same result
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