Installing DOSBox and Turbo C++

1. Head over to the DOSBox Website and download DOSBox for your version of Windows.
   
2. After the download completes, run the setup and install DOSBox on your computer. Some Windows 8 installations might say that this application is not compatible with Windows 8, but click on Install anyways because it is completely compatible with Windows 8.
3. Now, head over to the download page to get Turbo C++ by clicking here and download Turbo C++ to your computer.
4. After the download completes, extract all the contents of the ZIP file into “C:\TC\“. It should look like this after extraction.
   
5. Now open up DOSBox from the shortcut on your desktop or from the Start Menu. You should be shown with the following screen.
   
6. Type in the following lines one by one and hit Enter/Return after every line.
   mount c: c:\
   c:
   cd tc
   install
7. Now you should be presented with the setup for Tubro C++. Press Enter to Continue and enter the Drive Source Letter as C and press enter. Leave the next setting as it is and press enter.
   
8. Scroll down to Start Installation using arrow keys and press enter.
   
9. Now just wait for the installation to finish. After the installation completes, you will be back on the main DOSBox screen. At this stage, close DOSBox by typing in “exit” or by clicking the cross (X) button on the top.

TIP : If you want to run DOSBox in Full Screen mode, just press “ALT+ ENTER (RETURN KEY)” at any point of time. You can press these keys to get out of the Full Screen Mode as well.

Starting Up Turbo C++

After you have installed Turbo C++ and DOSBox successfully, you need to start Turbo C++. I am going to tell you a shortcut to make DOSBox run Turbo C++ every time you start it. To do this, just follow these steps.

1. In the start menu, find the folder that DOSBox just created. Then, click on DOSBox Options to open up a notepad file.
   
2. This notepad file defines all the configuration and settings for DOSBox. Scroll down to the very end until you reach to the last line.
   
3. After the last line, enter the following lines of code and save the Notepad file.
   mount c: c:\
   c:
   cd tc\bin
   tc
4. After you save the notepad file, close it and run DOSBox as you had run the first time. This time when you run DOSBox, you should be shown with the following screen. This is your Turbo C++.
   
   

I hope my article helped you install Turbo C++ on your computer.