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Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 18.03.2008, 12:55

> > Can DOSEMU adjust speed and easily take .PNG screen caps? I just meant
> > that DOSBox is nice and easy to use.
>
> I think DOSEMU cannot set speed but it's much much faster

It runs in V86 mode, no? (Except under long mode.) Yes, it's not too fast (1 Ghz needed for 486 speed?) because it's full cpu emulation (486 DX only). But I think it will try to use "core=dynamic" sometimes.

> (esp. for progs
> using VESA graphics, DOSEMU allows direct LFB access and other HW access)
DOSBox "emulates" VESA 2.0 (S3 Incorporated. Trio64). Better than nothing.

> than DOSBOX. On my system I cannot see much difference when running
> program under DOS and DOSEMU. But DOSBOX has better sound support and
> speed adjust.

Yeah, it supports SB and GUS (and others too). I think they borrowed some of that from MAME.

> It's better for old games (I mean very old, before Doom). So
> I have installed both.
Some old games don't run too well on modern processors (e.g. Quest for Glory IV). So, you have to slow them down somehow. It's just that I'm somewhat unimpressed with MOSLO, SLOWDOWN, etc. (although I haven't used 'em in years). Not to overexaggerate, but DOSBox is a God-send. (But couldn't install it on bro's PuppyLinux box yesterday because the default binary wasn't static, had external dependencies I couldn't find. Meh.)

P.S. Don't ask me why, but they changed URLs: It's now dosbox.com.

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