Ma^(Did) ogtahay in kumbuyuutarkaaga cusub ee 2018 CPU uu wali leeyahay isla guntii aasaasiga ahayd ee Intel 8086 CPU ee ugu horeysay ee la sii daayay 1978? Taas macnaheedu waa, aragti ahaan, software-ka loo qoray inuu ku shaqeeyo processor-kaas 1978 waa inuu ku shaqeeyaa iyada oo aan arrin dhab ah laga helin CPU casriga ah . Chips-yadani waxay dhamaantood ka tirsan yihiin qoyska "x86 " ee processor-yada.

Markaa taasi waa inay sidoo kale ka dhigan tahay in ciyaaraha fiidiyowga ee loo qoray DOS ee 80-meeyadii iyo 90-meeyadii ay ku socon doonaan kumbuyuutarrada maanta, sax? In kasta oo aad farsamo ahaan^{(technically )} ku saxnaan lahayd inaad sidaas tidhaahdo, way ka dhib badan tahay taas.

Ugu horreyntii^(First) , in kasta oo ay leeyihiin isla tilmaamaha asaasiga ah, CPU-yada^(CPUs) casriga ah iyo kuwa laga soo bilaabo soddon iyo afartan sano ka hor runtii aad bay u kala duwan yihiin. Waxay leeyihiin qaab-dhismeedyo kala duwan oo aad iyo aad, aad uga^{(much )} dheereeya wax la mid ah 80386 CPU .

Intaa waxaa dheer, nidaamyada hawlgalka ayaa sidoo kale soo maray waddo dheer. Xitaa ciyaaraha qaarkood ee loo sameeyay Windows 7 (kuwaas oo wadaaga asal ahaan isla xudunta Windows 10 ) waxay yeelan karaan kutaannada jebinaysa ciyaarta kuwaas oo u baahan balastar ama qaabab ku habboon oo gaar ah ka hor inta aysan shaqayn.

Haddii aad isku daydo ciyaarta caadiga ah ee DOS kumbuyuutarkaaga casriga ah, waxay u badan tahay in aanu haba yaraatee shaqayn doonin. Taasi waa wax laga xumaado, sababtoo ah waxaa jira maktabad aad u ballaaran oo ciyaaraha caadiga ah oo ku saabsan taariikhda kombuyuutarka shakhsi ahaaneed. Haddaba maxay tahay taageeraha ciyaaraha retro inuu sameeyo?

Geli DOSBox

DOSBox waa software bilaash ah oo si sax ah ugu dayanaysa deegaanka IBM PC DOS^{(IBM PC DOS)} ee asalka ahaa . Ma aha taas oo keliya, waxay sidoo kale ku daydaa qaar ka mid ah qalabka ugu caansan ee waagaas, sida kaadhka codka Hal- abuurka Codka Blaster^{(Creative Sound Blaster)} . Taas oo macnaheedu yahay inaad u isticmaali karto inaad si fiican ugu ciyaarto ciyaaraha caadiga ah ee DOS , sida haddii aad ku shaqaynaysay PC afartan sano ka hor.

Adigu kuma koobna Windows sidoo kale waxaa jira noocyo softiweer ah oo loogu talagalay MacOS iyo Linux ! Waxa kaliya ee aad u baahan tahay inaad xakamayso waa inaad gacmahaaga ku qabato ciyaaraha. Taas oo dhab ahaantii noqon karta wax yar oo adag.

Halkee laga helaa Ciyaaraha

Maqaalkan waxaan u isticmaaleynaa nooca Shareware ee toogashada caadiga ah DOOM . Si aad u hesho koobi adiga kuu gaar ah, kaliya Google “DOOM Shareware” , waxaa jira bogag badan oo wali martigeliya software-ka. Middaani waa sharci, maadaama ciyaaraha shareware ay asal ahaan yihiin bandhigyo ciyaarta oo la dheereeyay oo aadan jebin doonin wax shuruudo shati ah.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ciyaaraha tafaariiqda buuxa ee xilligii DOS ayaa weli ah hantida daabacaadayaashooda. Haddii aad nuqul ka soo dejiso adigoon lacag bixin, waxaad samaynaysaa budhcad-badeed.

Haddii aad wali ku leedahay ciyaaraha asalka ah ee DOS CD ama Diskette markaa waa inaad OK isticmaashaa DOSBox si aad ciyaarta u socodsiiso (ama kayd u ​​ah). Waa hab fiican oo aad mar kale geli karto ururintaadii hore ee ciyaaraha

Thanks to sites sida Ciyaaraha Hore ee Wanaagsan^{(Good Old Games)} , waxaad xitaa iibsan kartaa ciyaaro badan oo DOS caadi ah si sharci ah. GOG gaar ahaan waxay isticmaashaa nuqul horay loo habeeyay ee DOSBox si ay u wada shaqeeyaan. Haddii aad ka soo iibsato ciyaarta DOS GOG , maahan inaad gacanta ku dhejiso DOSBox^(DOSBox) gabi ahaanba. Ilaa aad rabto in aad hagaajiso habaynta, markaas hagahan ayaa wali faa'iido yeelan doona.

Ugu dambeyntii, waxaa jira abandonware , ciyaarahan waxay ku dhacaan aag cawlan oo sharci ah. Shirkadihii lahaa xuquuqaha ciyaarahaas waa hore ayay meesha ka baxeen. Ma jiro qof si firfircoon u difaacaya xuquuqdooda daabacaadda ciyaarahan. Waxay u badan tahay inaan mar dambe loo soo bandhigi doonin iib. Waxaad ka heli kartaa ciyaarahan boggaga dayacan, laakiin ka digtoonow in aysan ahayn sharci adag.

Dejinta ciyaartaada DOSBox

Kahor intaadan isticmaalin DOSBox , waa inaad ku rakibtaa. Kaliya^(Just) u gudub bogga soo dejinta DOSBox^{(DOSBox downloads)} oo qabso nooca saxda ah ee ciyaarta kombuyutarkaaga. Waxaan isticmaaleynaa noocyada Windows -ka halkan, kaas oo la socda saaxir rakibaadda. Just ordi ka dib markii soo dejisan iyo rakibi codsiga.

Kahor intaadan maamulin DOSBox, ku samee gal^{(create a folder)} wadwadaada ciyaaraha DOS . Galkaani wuxuu u shaqayn doonaa sidii wadida adag ee dalwaddii DOSBox oo waxaad koobi ka samayn kartaa dhammaan ciyaarahaaga halkaas. Waxaan kugula talineynaa abuurista galkan xididka wadistaada si ay ugu fududaato helitaanka DOSBox .

Mashiinkayaga Windows 10 rakibayuhu ma abuurin jid-gaaban, markaa u gudub buugga rakibaadda oo socodsii DOSBox.exe^{(run DOSBox.exe)} . Sida cad, waxaad halkaas ka abuuri kartaa jid-gaaban si aad uga dhigto fadhiyada mustaqbalka kuwo ku habboon. Markaad bilawdo barnaamijka, daaqada DOSBox waa inay sidan u furto.

Ma aha "SET BLASTER" cabbirrada. Kuwani waa lambarada aad ku shubi doonto ciyaar kasta oo doonaysa inay isticmaasho kaadhka dhawaaqa dhawaaqa . ^{(Sound Blaster)}Waxaan horey ugu abuurnay gal xididka C drive-kayaga oo la yiraahdo "DOSAPPS". Waxaan ku koobiyaynay faylashayada DOOM shareware galkaas, laakiin ka hor inta aanan ku dhex socodsiin ^(DOOM)DOSBox waxaan u baahanahay inaan "kor u qaadno" galkaas oo ah darawalkeena adag.

Si taas loo sameeyo, waxaanu type “MOUNT C C:\ DOSAPPS” ka dib markaa waa inaad aragto fariintan xaqiijinta.

Hadda waxaan ka bedeli doonaa darawalka Z una beddelno Drive C^{(Drive C)} gudaha DOSBox annagoo ku qor C:\

Ciyaartan wali waxay u baahan tahay in la rakibo faylalka rakibaaddana waxay ku jiraan gal la yiraahdo "doom19s". Si aan ugu beddelno galkaas waxaan CD\doom19sCDdoom19s^(type)

Rakibaadaha waxaa loo yaqaan Install.bat , marka waxaan kaliya ku qornaa Install.bat oo ku dhufo gal^{(type Install.bat and hit enter )} ka dib markaa barnaamijka rakibaha ayaa bilaabmaya.

Hadda raac tilmaamaha oo u ogolow barnaamijku ciyaarta ku rakibo darawalkaaga C-ga ah.

Ka dib markii rakibidda la sameeyo, waxaa lagu soo bandhigi doonaa utility dejinta ee DOOM.

Waxaan dooran doonaa "keyboard kaliya" inuu yahay nooca kontoroolka kadibna " Sound Blaster " kaarka dhawaaqayada. Haddii aad dib u xasuusato, DOSBox waxay muujisay adeegsiga qaabaynta Sound Blaster -ka caadiga ah ee bilowga. Markaa waxaan dooranaa Port 220, IRQ 7 iyo DMA channel 1^{(choose Port 220, IRQ 7 and DMA channel 1)} . Doorashada isku dhafka ah ee 3 kanaal ayaa si fiican noogu shaqeysay sidoo kale.

Marka waxaas oo dhan la sameeyo, waxaanu dooranaa "Save Parameters and Launch DOOM".^{(choose “Save Parameters and Launch DOOM”.)}

Haddii wax walba ay wanaagsan yihiin, ciyaarta waa in la bilaabo.

Oh haa! Hadda waxaad diyaar u tahay inaad ciyaarto ciyaarta!

Talooyin Dheeraad ah

Si aad u hesho waayo-aragnimo shaashad buuxda ah, kaliya ku dhufo ALT+ENTER si aad u bedesho qaababka daaqadaha. Waxaad u ciyaari kartaa ciyaarta sida caadiga ah. Marka xigta ee aad bilowdo ciyaarta, waxaad si fudud ugu socon kartaa galka lagu rakibay ka dib markaad ku dhejiso darawalka C-gaaga oo aad si toos ah u socodsiiso ciyaarta si la mid ah sidii aan ku bilownay "Install.bat".

Qaar ka mid ah ciyaaraha DOS uma baahna rakibid, kaliya waxaad koobi kartaa faylkooda oo dhan galka ciyaarta DOS oo aad socodsiiso.

Waxaa jira habab badan oo aad ku samayn karto DOSBox si aad ugu socodsiiso sida aad rabto. Hubi galka rakibaadda DOSBox faylka qoraalka gacanta ee wanaagsan. Waxaa ka buuxa talooyin iyo tabo.

Waxa kale oo aad ku qori kartaa HELP^{(type HELP )} gudaha DOSBox lafteeda si aad u hesho dib u soo kicinta amarradaas hore ee DOS . Jidka gaaban ee ugu muhiimsan ee aad u baahan tahay inaad hadda ogaato si kastaba ha ahaatee, waa wareegga wareegga CPU .

Tani waxay dedejinaysaa ama hoos u dhigtaa CPU -ga casriga ah ee DOSBox . Markaa haddii ciyaartu ku socoto xawaare khaldan, kaliya ku dhufo CTRL+F11 or CTRL+F12 si aad ugu darto ama uga saarto xawaaraha.

Si aad uga baxdo DOSBox, ku qor EXIT^{(type EXIT )} isla markiiba ama xidh daaqada codsiga. Taasi waa waxa kaliya ee aad u baahan tahay inaad ogaato si aad u bilowdo qaar ka mid ah ciyaaraha caadiga ah ee DOS . Kaliya^(Just) ha nagu eedayn haddii aad habeenka oo dhan ku qaadato inaad dhegaysato muusiga 90-meeyadii oo aad ciyaareyso DOOM!

Play Retro DOS Games Perfectly with DOSBox

Did you know that your brand new 2018 computer CPU still has the sаme fundamental insides as the first Intel 8086 CPU relеased in 1978? Τhat means, in thеory, that software written to run on that 1978 processor should exeсute with no real issυe on a modern CPU. Thеse chips are all part of the “x86” family of processors.

So that should also mean that video games written for DOS back in the 80s and 90s will run on the computers of today, right? While you would be technically correct to say so, it’s more complicated than that.

First of all, despite having the same core set of instructions, modern CPUs and those from thirty of forty years ago are actually radically different. They have different architectures and are much, much, much faster than something like an 80386 CPU.

On top of this, operating systems have come a long way too. Even some games that were developed for Windows 7 (which shares essentially the same core as Windows 10) can have game-breaking compatibility bugs which require patching or special compatibility modes before they will work.

If you were to try a classic DOS game on your modern computer, chances are that it won’t work at all. That’s a pity, because there’s a vast library of classic games that span the history of the personal computer. So what is a retro gaming fan to do?

Enter DOSBox

DOSBox is a free piece of software that accurately emulates the original IBM PC DOS environment. Not only that, it also emulates some of the most popular hardware from that era, such as the Creative Sound Blaster sound card. Which means you can use it to play classic DOS games perfectly, just as if you were running them on a PC from four decades ago.

You aren’t limited to Windows either, there are also versions of the software for MacOS and Linux! The only thing you need to handle is getting your hands on games. Which can actually be a little complicated.

Where to Find Games

For this article we’re using the Shareware version of the classic shooter DOOM. To get your own copy, just Google “DOOM Shareware”, there are plenty of sites that still host the software. This is perfectly legal, since shareware games are essentially extended game demos and you wouldn’t be breaching any licence terms.

However, full retail games from the DOS era are still the property of their publishers. If you download a copy without paying for it, you would be committing piracy.

If you still own the original DOS games on CD or Diskette then you should be OK using DOSBox to run the game (or a backup of it). It’s a great way to access your old collection of games again.

Thanks to sites like Good Old Games, you can even buy many classic DOS games legally. GOG in particular actually uses a pre-configured copy of DOSBox to make it all work. If you buy a DOS game from GOG, you don’t have to manually set up DOSBox at all. Unless you want to tweak the settings, in which case this guide will still be useful.

Finally, there’s abandonware, these games fall in a legal grey area. The companies who own the rights to these games are long gone. No one is actively defending their copyright on these games. They will most likely never be offered for sale again. You can find these games on abandonware sites, but be warned that it’s not strictly legal.

Setting Up Your Game with DOSBox

Before you can use DOSBox, you have to install it. Just head over to the DOSBox downloads page and grab the right version of the game for your computer. We’re using the Windows versions here, which comes with an installation wizard. Just run it after downloading and install the application.

Before you run DOSBox, create a folder on your drive for your DOS games. This folder will act as a virtual hard drive in DOSBox and you can copy all your games there. We recommend creating this folder on the root of your drive to make it easier to access from DOSBox.

On our Windows 10 machine the installer did not create a shortcut, so navigate to the installation directory and run DOSBox.exe. Obviously, you can create your own shortcut from there to make future sessions more convenient. Once you’ve started the program the DOSBox window should open like this.

Not the “SET BLASTER” parameters. These are the numbers you’ll feed into any game that wants to use a Sound Blaster card. We created a folder earlier on the root of our C drive called “DOSAPPS”. We copied our DOOM shareware files into that folder, but before we can run them in DOSBox we need to “mount” that folder as our virtual hard drive.

To do so, we type “MOUNT C C:\ DOSAPPS” after which you should see this confirmation message.

Now we’ll switch from drive Z to Drive C in DOSBox by typing C:\

This game still needs to be installed and the installation files are in a folder called “doom19s”. To switch to that folder we type CD\doom19s

The installer is called Install.bat, so we just type Install.bat and hit enter after which the installer program starts.

Now just follow the instructions and let the program install the game to your virtual C drive.

After the installation is done, you will be presented with DOOM’s setup utility.

We’ll choose “keyboard only” as our controller type and then “Sound Blaster” as our soundcard. If you recall, DOSBox showed use the default Sound Blaster configuration at startup. So we choose Port 220, IRQ 7 and DMA channel 1. The default 3 channel mix choice worked just fine for us as well.

Once all of that’s done, we choose “Save Parameters and Launch DOOM”.

If all is well, the game should launch.

Oh yeah! Now you’re ready to play the game!

Additional Tips

To get a full-screen experience, just hit ALT+ENTER to toggle window modes. You can play the game just as usual. The next time you launch the game, you can simple navigate to the installed folder after mounting your C drive and run the game directly the same way we started “Install.bat”.

Some DOS games don’t require installation, you can just copy their entire folder into your DOS game folder and run them.

There’s a lot of tweaking you can do in DOSBox to get it running just the way you want. Check the DOSBox installation folder for their excellent manual text file. It’s full of tips and tricks.

You can also type HELP in DOSBox itself to get a refresher on those good old DOS commands. The most important shortcut you need to know right now however, is the CPU cycle toggle.

This speeds up or slows down the virtual CPU of DOSBox. So if a game is running at the wrong speed, just hit CTRL+F11 or CTRL+F12 to add or remove speed.

To leave DOSBox, either type EXIT at the command prompt or just close the application window. That’s all you need to know to get started with some classic DOS games. Just don’t blame us if you spend the entire night night listening to 90s music and playing DOOM!

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