Run old DOS programmes in Ubuntu using DOSBox

DOSBox is a MS-DOS emulator for your operating system. It is intended especially for use with old PC games.If you miss games like old Prince of Persia, Dangerous Dave etc then you should use this cool emulator!Even Turbo C compiler can be run inside Ubuntu using DOSBox.TC is difficult to work with Wine emulator.

DOSBox can be installed using Add/Remove programmes or Synaptic Package Manager.
Run it from Applications >> Games >> DOSBox Emulator

DOSBox welcome screen in Ubuntu

To run applications, right click executable file and open with dosbox.
OR you can mount the directory containing executables .To mount your home directory type
mount c ~
You can get help on mount and other commands inside DOSBox (see above image)

Prince of Persia

Dangerous Dave

Turbo C working inside Ubuntu 8.10 using DOSBox:
You code, compile, debug and run C,C++ same like any Windows platform.Here user screen will be of DOSBox.

TC++ 3.0 in Ubuntu

Common issues (in my case Ubuntu 8.10):

• Dosbox.conf: This configuration file will not be created by default.This file should be there to change settings.Steps to create this file http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf
• Arrow keys problem: Sometimes your arrow keys may not work.Solution is here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5963381
• Resolution problem: By pressing Alt+Enter somtimes fullscreen resolution won't get. Solution is here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1100226

Other links:
Homepage: http://www.dosbox.com
DOSBox wiki: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Main_Page
DOS Games: http://www.classicdosgames.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox