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CGA Game Timing Question (Developers)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 21.05.2022, 20:30

> > What OS are you booting the machine to ?
> >
> > What happens if you boot the machine directly into FreeDos
> > rather than running in VB ?
>
> I'm developing on a MacBook, so I don't really have a way to boot to DOS
> natively. That is indeed what I am wondering though - if it is somehow an
> issue with running it in DOSBox, or if I would also encounter the issue if
> I ran it natively.

Well, it's just my own admittedly biased opinion,
but, it seems to me that the only proper environment for developing and testing
of a program intended for 'vintage PCs' with CGA graphics
would be a vintage PC with an actual CGA graphics card booted directly into DOS.
(how else could one possibly determine that said program
will actually run as intended on the intended machines ?)

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Complete thread:

• CGA Game Timing Question - KarlG, 21.05.2022, 18:16 (Developers)
  • CGA Game Timing Question - glennmcc, 21.05.2022, 19:13
    • CGA Game Timing Question - KarlG, 21.05.2022, 20:13
      • CGA Game Timing Question - glennmcc, 21.05.2022, 20:30
        • CGA Game Timing Question - KarlG, 21.05.2022, 20:41
          • CGA Game Timing Question - tkchia, 21.05.2022, 21:38
            • CGA Game Timing Question - KarlG, 22.05.2022, 00:37
              • CGA Game Timing Question - rr, 22.05.2022, 10:46