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posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 13.06.2008, 20:53

> > These options turned out to be a lot better than DOSBox, which couldn't
> > run the game at a decent speed.
>
> I cannot confirm this. VDMSound works very bad on my PC, it's virtually
> unusable. And for Ultima Underworld DosBox should be fast enough on a P4.

DOSBox just is so darn slow (relatively). I mean, my P166 is faster. I'm not saying it's not amazing (it is), but yeah, it could be faster. :-P

> > Now, why I say EMSMagic is one of the coolest pieces of software I've
> seen
> > in a long time is because it's actually a legit DOS app. It takes XMS
> and
> > emulates EMS with it, and can be run after bootup, even obviously under
> > Windows. Great if you almost never need EMS - you can just run your
> games
> > that require it in a batch, and unload after they quit.
>
> Yes, but it needs 64 kB low DOS memory for the EMS window, which will make
> many games complain because they run out of conventional memory.

And it's abandoned without source available, so no more updates! But at least it doesn't need V86 mode.

 

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