Contents ======== * DOS clip/paste utilities * FreeDOS * DOSBox-X DOS clip/paste utilities ======================== clip.com and paste.com are 16-bit real mode DOS utilities to access the Windows clipboard. They will copy up to 64K of text. Usage: clip.com file.txt Copy the contents of the Windows clipboard to file.txt. FreeDOS ======= The winoldap.com TSR provides the WinOldAp API for a system-wide clipboard on FreeDOS. It is limited to 64K of data. It is based on code from dosclip.arj Run: winoldap\winoldap.com The mousclip.exe TSR provides a console copy/paste feature using the mouse. It has been modified to always use the WinOldAp clipboard. It has also been modified to increase the maximum buffer size to 32K. Run: mousclip\mousclip.exe /B32767 FreeDOS includes setedit, which can access the clipboard via [Alt-E F] and [Alt-E W]. The vim documentation mentions integration with the Windows clipboard but it didn't work for me. As a workaround you can pipe to the DOS clip/paste utilities. In the examples below, spaces are important! :w !clip.com :r!paste.com DOSBox-X ======== DOSBox-X has clipboard integration built in. It is not necessary to run winoldap.com. The mousclip.exe, clip.com, and paste.com utilities can be used with the host system clipboard thanks to DOSBox-X. Note: This only works in the normal DOSBox-X mode. It will not work when booting into FreeDOS.