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SSH connecting to DOSBox in a Linux VM should be possible too?

As far as I can tell, there's no way to run DOSBox or DOSBox-X within a terminal. It would be awesome if I'm mistaken as that does seem to be the most elegant solution.

I've thought about trying the DOSBox in a Linux VM setup with X11 forwarding over SSH, however supporting Windows clients that way seems complex. I'd love to hear if anyone has tried that though and how robust it is in practice.

Right, I confused running DOSBox headless with a console mode, my mistake. With X it is less interesting. VM with (virtual) serial console could be another way that might be possible.

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