In this article, I will show you how to install Turbo C on Windows 8. First, you must download Turbo C from here. Extract it. For example, I extract it to C:\DOS. There is install.exe file there, that is Turbo C installer utility. But, you can’t execute that file.

cannot-run

cannot-run

You’ll need, DOS Box to run Turbo C (and its installer). DOS Box is an open source DOS emulator for BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, and Windows. You can download it from here. After download, execute DOS Box installer, then run it.

DOS Box

DOS Box

Next, we must mount C:\DOS to DOS Box. Type command: mount c c:\DOS.

mount c:\dos

mount c:\dos

Now we can start to install Turbo C. You can change dir to drive C, then Continue reading →