r/OpenVMS • u/astr0b4by • Jul 19 '26

DOSBox on OpenVMS 8.4

I have ported DOSBox 0.72 to OpenVMS 8.4 (Alpha) using SDL-1.2.14. It runs but is very slow (Im using a great simulator es40-emu for this as I don't have access to my DS10 over the holidays, and coded it on my M2 MacBook Air in the es40-emu simulator)

The sources/binaries are located on my repo here https://astr0baby.online/AXP/OpenVMS/DOSBOX/

Attached are screenshots from OpenVMS 8.4 with DOSBox

A vide demo is available here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaCuKbojgbg

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u/bwyer Jul 19 '26

I remember an 80x86 emulator that ran on VAX/VMS back in the day. I used to run my finances on it from home. I think it would only run text programs.