Thanks for the tip about the mapper; that get me a little closer. For best results, it seems like DOSBox-X (and maybe other forks) would solve my problem by providing CONF options, but I'd still love to see an easy-to-use implementation in DOSBox itself. I've got two Spinnaker Software games, …

- F12: set composite output - auto/on/off (default=auto) - Ctrl+Alt+F11: select CGA model (early/late, aka "old/new") @VileR The keyboard shortcut for toggling between old and new CGA composite modes (Ctrl-Alt-F11) didn't work for me on a Raspberry Pi. When I press it, the screen goes black, with …

PROMPT is an odd omission from the DOSBOX internal command interpreter. I for one wish they'd implement in in the default builds. I remember when I first learned batch "programming" and I made .BAT text adventures that depended on the PROMPT command.

Meaning that in the same room, I have a 486 machines with 8MB RAM as well as P4 machines. The 486s boot into DOS, then into a graphical menu. I want the new machines to work the same way-more-or-less, except that they boot to Windows/Linux/whatever, and then they start DOSBox, which loads the exact …

I see. Is there anything that resembles what I'm looking for? All I've found are TSRs that allow you to use CGA on Hercules cards. Would it be possible to pull out the code from DOSBox to make a composite emulator TSR for real DOS? How big would such a thing be? Maybe if someone got it started it …

Configure your game launcher to use the "-machine cga" command-line argument, as described in the DOSBox readme. All done. Sorry, probably my fault for being vague. I have a DOS menu that I want to use inside of DOSBox, which in turn launches mostly VGA/EGA games, and this one CGA game. I don't …

Wow, this is the best thread on this topic, ever. I have a challenge for y'all, though. It's called TROLL'S TALE. I use this game as one tool for teaching English to Deaf children in Kenya... it's a good game because it's multiple choice. The kids just get turned off by the bad colors. It's a CGA …