DOSBox Notes

I wanted to finish Chip’s Challenge after 30 years. Runs on Windows 95. This is written for macOS.

Installing DOSBox

brew install dosbox-x

Note that this is DOSBox-X, a highly enhanced version of DOSBox.

Now grab this savepoint (before Internet Explorer, with Sound Blaster 16 Drivers, Standard VGA Drivers).

https://public.nikhil.io/Windows_95.zip

Then grab the Windows Entertainment Pack (Best Of) via Archive.org.

Running Windows

From the extracted folder,

dosbox-x -conf dosbox.conf

This is how you instruct DOSBox to ‘boot up’ some ‘image’ (the terms are wrong but you get the idea.)

Mounting Folders

In dosbox.conf, add stuff towards the bottom:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
mount x: path/to/some/folder
mount y: Win95

Installing WEP

Once started, you will need to copy the WEP files to A: or B: and Start -> Run B:\setup.exe. You cannot use ISOs. Yay!

Snapshots

Play around with the menu and save your state to one of many ‘slots’.

TODO