A neat little MS-DOS emulator

[JRace]

You need to run msdos.exe and pass the name of your DOS executable to it on the command-line: "start msdos.exe GWBASIC.EXE".


The simplest way is to drag GWBASIC.EXE onto msdos.exe using your file browser:

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OR you can run it from the command prompt:

Each of these directories contains a file called "msdos.exe":




The directory name tells you what type of emulator is contained in the directory.  For instance, "i486_x64\msdos.exe" emulates DOS running on a 80486.  The "_x64" means that msdos.exe in that directory is a 64-bit Windows program.

You only need ONE of those msdos.exe files, so choose the msdos.exe version you think will work best and copy it to where ever you need it.

To run GWBasic from the command prompt, type "start msdos.exe gwbasic.exe", and GWBasic will start in its own text window:





If you forget the "start" command and type only "msdos.exe gwbasic.exe", then Basic will start in your current command line or PowerShell window.  It should work, but it might look messy depending on your chosen window size:

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One more thing I forgot to mention in my last post: this emulator is ONLY for running DOS EXEs directly. It does not provide a COMMAND.COM type of interface the way DOSBox does.

(I hope this is easy enough to follow.  If not, I will try to clarify. I'm not a great explainer or teacher.)