My setup for compiling and running Turbo Pascal, TASM & A86 programs in DosBoxX (on a Mac)

• This allows you to to build and run old DOS-based compilers in DosBoxX from within VS Code.
• It define is a build task that runs a script file within DosBoxX
• Based on the file-ending different compilers will be launched
  • Turbo Pascal (.PAS)
  • TASM (.ASM)
  • A86 Assembly (.A86)
• The compiled files will be moved in an output directory
• You can run or debug the compiled files (or any .COM or .EXE file)
• Inside DosBoxX you can also call "CC [filename]" to start the script that the build task uses

• DosBoxX
• 4DOS installed inside DosBoxX
• The proper paths defined in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
• Old compilers, e.g. Turbo Pascal 7.0, TASM 5, TD 3.2, A86 (look at archive.org)

• Create a DOS folder
• Add your compilers in there
• Add 4DOS in there
• Configure your PATHs in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
• Copy the CC.BTM in the DOS folder
• Add the build task to VSCode
• Add the workspace.json to the DOS folder
• Install DosBoxX (e.g. via brew)
• Configure DosBoX
  • Set 4DOS.COM to be the command shell
  • Add 4DOS Settings

[4dos]
ColorDir = com exe bat btm: BRI WHI; dir: BRI BLUE
AppendToDir = Yes
BeepLength = 0
EditMode = Insert
CursorIns = -1
AmPm = No
BatchEcho = No
Environment = 2048