Using DOSBox to run MASM 8086 on Ubuntu or Windows x64

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So you’ve decided to learn to program in 16bit MASM, but you either don’t have Visual Studio, or you have installed a 64bit version of Windows, or you’ve installed Ubuntu… well there is a solution, and its name is DOSBox 0.74.

Let’s get started! If you’re using the Windows OS, follow these instructions:

  • download and install DOSBox 0.74.
  • download MASM 8086 Assembler and extract it to “c:\8086\” so that 8086 will contain all the *.exe files.
  • run DOSBox 0.74 and type : mount  c  c:\8086
    c:
  • Now your ready to start coding!

If you’re using Ubuntu, follow these instructions:

  • Open your terminal and type the follow commands to download and install DOSbox:
  1. sudo apt-get update
  2. sudo apt-get install dosbox
  • download MASM 8086 Assembler and extract it to “/home/coding/8086” so that 8086 will contain all the *.exe files. 
  • Then run DOSBox from: Applications>Games>DOSBox Emulator.
  • Then type in the following commands:
  1. mount c /home/prashanth/8086
  2. c:
  • Now you’re ready to start coding!

If you still don’t understand my instructions, CLICK HERE for better instructions.

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