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iBunny
Jun 13, 2005, 10:38 PM
I have this 1 program I need to run. It take no cpu resources, and like 1.5MB of ram... If I can run this on some kinda emulator I will be happy and wont have to use my PC anymore. I dont need the power and elaborate performance of VPC 7... anyone have any idea? I searched and all I got was a bunch of 3rd party emulators that want some kinda money for.


Daveway
Jun 13, 2005, 10:48 PM
I have seen VPC7 floating around the p2p and torrents sites, but that would be bad, really bad!! :p
homerjward
Jun 13, 2005, 10:50 PM
I have seen VPC7 floating around the p2p and torrents sites, but that would be bad, really bad!! :p
fwiw there mostly expired demos, least the ones i found :o
mad jew
Jun 13, 2005, 11:03 PM
Keep it clean people.

Sorry iBunny, I can't think of any free emulators. What do you need it for? Maybe we can come up with a work-around.
Daveway
Jun 13, 2005, 11:04 PM
fwiw there mostly expired demos, least the ones i found :o
I guess I got lucky. :rolleyes: :)
brap
Jun 14, 2005, 01:59 AM
Qemux (http://cordney.com/QemuX/). Free, great.
mad jew
Jun 14, 2005, 02:04 AM
Qemux (http://cordney.com/QemuX/). Free, great.


Is that comparable to VPC? Will it be about as fast/slow?
brap
Jun 14, 2005, 02:11 AM
Is that comparable to VPC? Will it be about as fast/slow?It's not as fast by any means, but Windows 98, emulated with 128MB RAM is usable. I'll post some benchmark screenies.

edit: there you go. DxDiag.txt is the verbose output of the DirectX diagnostic tool.
Nermal
Jun 14, 2005, 02:15 AM
I have this 1 program I need to run. It take no cpu resources, and like 1.5MB of ram

Sounds like an old DOS app. Try DosBox (http://www.holwegner.com/software/).
mad jew
Jun 14, 2005, 02:22 AM
It's not as fast by any means, but Windows 98, emulated with 128MB RAM is usable. I'll post some benchmark screenies.


Okay, thanks. I can't be bothered upgrading to VPC7 and my iMac won't run VPC6 so this might be a useful alternative. :)
iBunny
Jun 14, 2005, 05:08 PM
No its not a dos app. Its a fairly new app that was designed by some people in our company however, its unique and their isnt anything like it. And only runs on windows :(

I have a Windows XP Pro CD.... I was seeing that Virtual PC7 has a thing you can install your own version of windows on, but thats 130$ too! :eek: