DOSBox on Raspberry Pi 500 (2025-02-16)

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The best machine we have found (so far) to run DOSBox on is the Raspberry Pi 500.

Installation is as simple as $ sudo apt-get install dosbox

Running dosbox with all the software (WordStar) and configurations we want required a helper script:

#!/bin/bash

dosbox \
    -set keyboardlayout=dv103 \
    -c "MOUNT C ~/DOSBox" \
    -c "KEYB dv103" \
    -c "DIR" \
    -c "MOUNT Y ~/Documents"

Command Line Arguments

  • -c "mount C ~/DOSBox" - makes C:\ be the ~/DOSBox directory, which for us contains WordStar
  • -c "KEYB dv103" - sets the keyboard layout to Dvorak as per the DOSBox Wiki