Using SCORE in Boxer

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Below are instructions for running SCORE in Boxer, which is an MS-DOS emulator for MacOS (based on DosBox).

Download the Boxer app

  • The most recent version I can find is located on the Github page:

https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Boxer/releases/tag/AS-beta-4.1

This version is compiled for both Intel and ARM64 (Apple M1, aka "Silicon") CPUs.

Download the Boxer.zip file on that page:

https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Boxer/releases/download/AS-beta-4.1/Boxer.zip

  • Then unzip and save in /Applications

Related links

  • The homepage for Boxer is: http://boxerapp.com. The version on the program was last updated in 2016, and as I recall, it is compiled for 32-bit (MacOS no longer allows 32-bit programs after version 10.15).

Installing scor4.boxer

  • Download the emailed location to this file, then unzip and move to where you want to store it (I placed it in my home directory (~/scor4.boxer), or you can place it on the Desktop, etc.).

Setting up D drive for saving SCORE files

  • Create a directory to save your SCORE files. It can have any name/location. I am using ~/score-files.
    mkdir ~/score-files
  • Run ~/scor4.boxer either by double-clicking on it in the Finder, or from the command line:
    open ~/scor4.boxer
  • The first time you run it, it might suggest or ask for a command to run when you start Boxer (I don't see this prompt because maybe there is a setting remembered from a previous installation of Boxer)". If there a prompt, you want Boxer to run:
    C:\scor4.bat
  • Next you need to add a D drive for saving SCORE files. Go to the Drives menu for Boxer at the top of the window and select "Add DOS Drive...":
Drives → Add DOS Drive
  • The select the directory/folder that you created for saving SCORE files:
Select diretory/folder for use as D drive
  • Then click on the blue button labeled "Přidat" (Czech for "Add").
  • In order to access the new D drive, quit Boxer and restart scor4.app again.

Test the SCORE files directory

  • You should now be able to read and write to the D drive you set up (~/score-files for me).
  • If you want to do a basic test, save the following text to a file called ~/score-files/exam1.pmx, or ~/score-files/exam1.txt (since it is plain text):
8  1
3  1   1.500
17 1   9.500 0  1
18 1  14.000 0 99 1
1  1  23.000 9 20 0 1.5 0 10
1  1  38.703 8 20 0 0.5 0  1
1  1  43.938 7 20 0 1.0
1  1  54.406 5 10 0 1.0
14 1  64.875 1
1  1  68.375 4 10 0 1.0
1  1  78.844 6 10 0 1.0
1  1  89.313 5 10 0 1.0
1  1  99.781 7 20 0 1.0
14 1 110.250 1
1  1 113.750 6 10 0 1.0
1  1 124.219 8 20 0 1.0
1  1 134.688 9 20 0 1.0
1  1 145.156 8 20 0 1.0
14 1 155.625 1
1  1 159.125 2 10 0 1.0
1  1 169.594 4 10 0 1.0
1  1 180.063 5 10 0 1.0
1  1 190.531 5 10 0 1.0
14 1 200.000 1  2
  • Then in the SCORE editor type this command to load the data:
re exam1.pmx

or

re exam1.txt

And if successful, you should see this view in SCORE:


Viewing loaded PMX data in SCORE (if the D drive is successfully set up.