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

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**Created:** [February 17, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/dosbox-on-raspberry-pi-500-2025-02-16/251 "2025-02-17T01:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![delyan](https://pluralist.net/user_avatar/pluralist.net/delyan/32/245_2.png) [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/dosbox-on-raspberry-pi-500-2025-02-16/251/1 "2025-02-17T01:02:46Z")

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The best machine we have found (so far) to run DOSBox on is the [Raspberry Pi 500](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500/).

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

Running `dosbox` with all the software ([WordStar](https://www.sfwriter.com/ws7.htm)) and configurations we want required a helper script:

```bash
#!/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](https://www.sfwriter.com/ws7.htm)
- ` -c "KEYB dv103"` - sets the keyboard layout to Dvorak as per [the DOSBox Wiki](https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/KEYB)