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vDosPlus VS DBGL

Compare vDosPlus VS DBGL and see what are their differences

vDosPlus logo vDosPlus

vDosPlus (formerly vDos-lfn) is a free general-purpose non-gaming DOS emulator running on Windows...

DBGL logo DBGL

DBGL is a free, open source, multiple frontends for DOSBox.
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vDosPlus videos

How to print from vDosPlus (or vDos / DOSBox)

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to vDosPlus and DBGL)
Emulators
77 77%
23% 23
Gaming Software
0 0%
100% 100
Gaming
52 52%
48% 48
Games
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, DBGL should be more popular than vDosPlus. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

vDosPlus mentions (1)

  • how to? lpt1 lags
    It sounds like you're using LPT1 directly (bypassing the Windows print manager, which makes sense here) and filling up the printer's buffer. I know next to nothing about NTVDM, so I don't have a software fix to recommend. You might be able to bypass the problem by using a productivity-focused DOS emulator like vDOS or vDOSPlus. You could also try hardware fixes: hunting down an old parallel printer buffer or... Source: almost 2 years ago

DBGL mentions (2)

  • DOSBox shortcut launcher?
    I recommend https://dbgl.org/ instead. It lets you graphically choose what to run from the host OS before running DOSBox. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Configuring DBLG to use different builds and forks of DosBox
    Due to Boxer (MacOS) no longer being in development, I've been on the lookout for a new front-end for DOSBox, especially after finding out about Win9x support in DOSBox-X. In my search I came across DBGL (https://dbgl.org/). Sadly I'm not sure how to configure it to use DOSBox-X instead of the bundled version DosBox. Would anyone here know how to do it? I haven't found any videos or tutorials for configuring DBLG... Source: almost 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vDosPlus and DBGL, you can also consider the following products

DOSBox - DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library.

AmpShell - AmpShell is a DOSBox front-end for Windows.

vDos - vDos lets you conveniently run DOS applications by emulating a (spiced up) DOS PC in a window.

RetriX - RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the...

DOSBox-X - DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows 3.x and 9x emulation package

Terminal Launch V - For those that want a clean, simple fast emu frontend.