Hi Sandoval and welcome to the CIC! Aren't you supposed to be dead n buried 6ft under on New Detroit!?
First off, you can goto
here which has a lot of information about dosbox. There is a little updating needed because of the latest update to Dosbox so i'll give you some information here.
Download 0.72 of dosbox from
here and install.
The next bit of information is what I do personally, its up to you how you wish to name things but here goes:
1 - Create a folder on your C:\ drive called DosGames
2 - Goto Start>Programs?Dosbox-0.72 and click "dosbox.conf"
3 - Scroll down to the end where [AUTOEXEC] is
4 - Add the following lines (May be different on your setup):
mount a a:\ -t floppy
mount c c:\dosgames
mount d d:\ -t cdrom
c:
This now gives you a virtual C:\ drive you can install your games on, as well as access to your floppy and CD drives. (If your CD drive is not D, change d:\ to appropriate letter.
example:
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
note that in dosbox, your drive would still be D:\ unless you change the initial "d" to an "e"
example:
mount e e:\ -t cdrom
5 - Above [AUTOEXEC] is [IPX]. Change so IPX=TRUE, you can join us with some multiplayer action!
No need to modify any other settings at the moment. Save and Exit.
Open up dosbox, and you are presented with the classic dos prompt. Insert your disks, navigate to the appropriate drive and install the same as in the old days.
Your Music card can now use General MIDI on port 330
Your Sound card should use SB 16 with A220 I7 D1
Once installed, goto the CIC Files Armada Section
here and download the Armada Patch and Proving Grounds addon. Extract these direct to your c:\dosgames\armada directory (no need to go through dosbox), re-launch dosbox and let the games begin.
Should you have problems calibrating the joystick, point your browser to
HCL's fantastic website and download the "Armada & PG - DosBox Patch (IPX & Joystick)". Ignore the fact its got a strikethrough. Extract these to the armarda directory as before. Now you need to edit the Dosbox.conf again. Navigate to [JOYSTICK] and change so TIMED=FALSE . This should help calibration issues.
Keep an eye on the General Chat area of the forums as we are having armada MP games now and then. You are more then welcome to join. Enjoy