DOSBox Portable 0.72 Revision 2 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on February 25, 2008 - 12:25am

DOSBox logoDOSBox Portable 0.72 Revision 2 has been released. DOSBox is a full-featured Intel x86 PC emulator that allows you to play many classic DOS games on modern PCs. This new release fixes a bug, adds command line and secondary launch support and digital signatures. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Features

DOSBox Portable ScreenshotDOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC with sound, graphics, mouse and more. DOSBox emulates a 286/386 CPU, supports realmode amd protected mode, has a full virtual file system, support for XMS and EMS, graphics support including Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA and sound support including SoundBlaster and Gravis Ultra Sound cards. It has excellent compatibility with many classic games. Learn more about DOSBox...

New In This Release

This release adds in secondary launch support and command line passing as well as "-conf" command line passing which will cause the launcher not to pass its normal configuration file. A bug that affected some installations working directories has been fixed. The launcher and installer have been updated and both now include digital signatures to ensure integrity.

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

DOSBox Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

DOSBox Portable is available for immediate download from the DOSBox Portable homepage. Get it today!

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