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                     [PS2 DOSBox]
                     
Download link: https://archive.org/download/dosbox-svn/dosbox-ps2.zip

The following is a few notes by TheOuterLinux 
(https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io) after some testing on a real fat model
PlayStation 2. TheOuterLinux has nothing to do with the the development
of the DOSBox for PS2 program at all...

DOSBOX FOR PS2 TAKES A WHILE TO LOAD. BE PATIENT.
YOU WILL NEED A KEYBOARD.
                     
Before you go too crazy and start to think that you are going to use
this build of DOSBox for the PS2 to run Windows 3.x or any other mouse-
heavy desktop environment, give that idea up.

At BEST, you will maybe be able to put-up with software such as
MS Word v5 and a few other ANSI/ASCII interface-like programs that do
not require a mouse to use. A mouse is supported via the PS2 controller;
HOWEVER, it does not work well at all, is very slow, and using a real
mouse will have DOSBox for PS2 treat the real mouse like a joystick.

In other words...

    - DOS Navigator 1.51 (DN151) = Okay
    - MS Word 5 = Okay
    - MS Word 6 = Ehh....
    - EDITV41U = Yes
    - Sound Club for DOS = NO!
    - Mpxplay = NO!
    - Mplayer = Ha ha ha... you are funny, but NO!
    - QuickBASIC 4.5 = Yes
    - VisualBasic for DOS (VBDOS) = Sort of; mouse is impossible and
                                    file-management realted things take
                                    forever.
    - Text-World = Maybe...
    - Doom = NO!
    - OHRRPGCE = NO!
    - Pictview = Oddly enough, it runs okay but keep the images you want
                 to view reasonably sized and the fewer colors, the
                 better.

If it does not run on one of those small, early 1990's, palmtop/laptop,
MS-DOS devices with the 4-6 color greyscale displays and 2MB or less of 
RAM, then the program/game in question will probably run like crap.

Also, if the program requires DOS4G or CWSDPMI, it will not run well or
barely at all, including simple things like the DOS version of Nano or
even Foxcalc.

Anything that has to do with producing sound is terrible and I have yet
to get MIDI playback of any kind to produce sound at all; even programs
that utilize the PC speaker sound really bad and laggy.

If you are trying to play DOS games on a PS2, you are sort of stuck with
text adventure games. However, before you lose all hope, RetroArch for
PS2 does emulate older video game consoles, such as NES, SNES, GB, GBC,
GBA, Atari 2600, Atari Lynx, Vectrex, Genesis/MegaDrive, 32x, SG-1000, 
MSX, and a few others reasonably well.

RetroArch for PS2: https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.17.0/playstation/ps2/RetroArch_elf.7z

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Here is my AUTOEXEC stuff in the "dosbox.cfg" file if you are curious:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
@ECHO OFF
mount a mass:/DOSBox/DOS/Floppies/A
mount b mass:/DOSBox/DOS/Floppies/B
mount c mass:/DOSBox/DOS
C:
alias view=C:\ACCESS~1\VIEW\VIEW.EXE
alias dn=C:\ACCESS~1\dn151\DN.COM
alias pictview=C:\Graphics\PCITVIEW\PICTVIEW.EXE
alias editv=C:\Office\EDITV41U\EDITV.EXE
alias word=C:\Office\WORD\WORD.EXE
alias qb45=C:\DEVELO~1\QB45\QB45.EXE
CLS

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My file structure on my USB flash drive is like so:

DOSBox/
    dosbox.conf
    PS2DOSBox.elf
    DOS/...other stuff

...in which the "DOS" directory within the "DOSBox" folder is serving as 
the C: drive. Make sure to keep the "PS2DOSBox.elf" and "dosbox.conf"
files together. You can run the program from various places but you
cannot (currently) mount any drives other than from "mass:"; I have
tried and therefore you might as well just keep it all on the same USB
flash drive. 

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When in doubt, most ANSI/ASCII interface programs have you either using
the Function keys or ALT+? to access menu items. Switching between 
buttons is often done using the TAB key. Keys such as ESC, Q, "ALT+X",
and F10 are often used to close programs. Using EXIT while at the DOS
shell will close DOSBox and have you back at the main PS2 console menu.

Creating aliases can help you run software from other directories and
therefore save you lots of time.

VIEW is a plain-text document viewer; though, technically you could run
the TYPE command.

DN151 is "DOS Navigator v1.51" and probably the best file-manager for
DOS and includes other tools like a calculator, spreadsheet editor, CD
player, etc. You can also customize the colors. This is probably the 
closest to "Midnight Commander" ('mc') that you can get.

Pictview is an image viewer and converter that supports a TON of file
formats and does not require a whole lot of RAM/CPU.

EDITV is a simple text-editor that I just like to use for smaller sized
files and I like how you can customize the colors.

WORD is "MS Word 5" and though I am not a Microsoft fan, even I can 
admit that it is not that bad as far as word processors go for DOS; just
do not bother trying to use the mouse.