How to run DOS program in macOS with DOSBox
You can still run your old DOS
programs right from macOS
without having to poweroff your machine and boot up from your MS-DOS
diskette by following these steps;
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Install
Homebrew
from theterminal
.$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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Install
DOSBox
via homebrew.$ brew install dosbox
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Run your program’s executable from
DOSBox
.$ dosbox Downloads/Golden Axe/GOLD.EXE DOSBox version 0.74 Copyright 2002-2010 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL. --- CONFIG: Generating default configuration. Writing it to /Users/username/Library/Preferences//DOSBox 0.74 Preferences CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file /Users/username/Library/Preferences//DOSBox 0.74 Preferences MIDI:Opened device:coreaudio
You can download old DOS programs from sites such as Abandonia
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macOS
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