The DOSBox emulator lets you run your DOS games and software again. It's free and open source, so you won't have to pay just to use programs you already own.

DOSBox is a DOS emulator that runs under Linux as well as OS X and Windows. To quote from the website: DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to ...

For more casual users, DOSBox may be a better option to run MS-DOS. Unlike FreeDOS, DOSBox is an emulator; it fakes an environment that tricks DOS programs into thinking they’re running in their ...

The directions can be found here. [Hunter] has worked out a way to get DosBox running on his Zipit. At 315 mhz his old DOS games, like AD&D shown above, are running quite snappily.

It’s been ported to other platforms like Mac OS X and Linux as well. How to use DOSBox to play DOS games on PCs? Step 1: Download DOSBox from its official website and install it.

A MS-DOS emulator called DOSBox has been ported to the BlackBerry PlayBook, allowing it to run Windows 3.1.