MS-DOS with fullscreen 4:3 aspect ratio

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markot
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MS-DOS with fullscreen 4:3 aspect ratio

Post by markot »

Is it possible to install MS-DOS on VirtualBox so it could go to fullscreen mode with 4:3 aspect ratio? I have a widescreen monitor, but I want to install MS-DOS so I can play old games and they used all to be made for the 4:3 aspect ratio.

For example on a 1680 x 1050 monitor, it should be fullscreen mode with 1400 x 1050 resolution and leave black bars on left and right sides. Is it possible? In this case there would be 140 pixels wide black bars at left and right sides of the image area.
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Re: MS-DOS with fullscreen 4:3 aspect ratio

Post by mpack »

Fullscreen mode requires Guest Additions, and there are none for DOS. You can however use scale mode to allow you to use a larger window.
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