dosdoor vs MS-DOS Player
dosdoor
github.comMS-DOS Player
github.comSide by side
| Figure | dosdoor | MS-DOS Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · MS-DOS Emulators | 7.3 (#18) | 7.9 (#11) |
| License | The project states it is licensed under GPLv2, inherited from dosemu. | The source code is available under GNU General Public License version 2. |
| Maker location | The GitHub profile lists Florida. | The GitHub profile for nmlgc lists Germany as the account location. |
| Purpose | dosdoor is a stripped-down, cross-platform DOS emulator built to run BBS door games. | MS-DOS Player is a command-line MS-DOS emulator for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. |
| Serial I/O | It provides virtual COM ports mapped to stdin/stdout, UART emulation, BIOS serial services, and a FOSSIL driver. | Serial I/O can connect virtual COM1–COM4 to host COM ports, with a maximum baud rate of 9600 bps. |
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In their own words
MS-DOS Player
MS-DOS Player is a free command-line emulator for running 16-bit DOS-compatible commands in a Win32-x64 environment. It is aimed at text-mode utilities such as file converters, compilers, assemblers, debuggers and text editors. DOS programs inherit Windows environment variables and can access host file paths directly. The Windows archive provides binaries for emulating 8086, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium 4, NEC V30 and IA32 processors. Documented hardware includes up to 32 MB of RAM, LIM EMS, serial and parallel I/O, keyboard and mouse input, timers and text display. Virtual COM1–COM4 can connect to host COM ports, with a maximum baud rate of 9600 bps; parallel output is written to a timestamped .PRN file in TEMP. A 16-bit command file can also be embedded in a 32-bit or 64-bit executable that runs without msdos.exe. The project is a fork tuned for the ReC98 build process, and its source is available under GNU General Public License version 2.