DOSBox For PPC

[Dronecatcher]

New from Dr Kaiser...

And now for something completely different: Way more FPS than Counterstrike on PowerPC DOSBox

If you're unfamiliar with it, DOSBox is an x86 emulator specializing in running PC DOS games (and, presumably, any PC DOS application). F...

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My only use for DOSBox is with seminal mod player, Fasttracker - which in the past was only barely doable on my 1.67 Powerbook with the CPU screaming towards 100%.
Now with the new version from the TFF camp, I can safely emulate a 386 running Fasttracker on my 1.33 Powerbook at around 30% CPU!

 

[Project Alice]

How did I miss this??

 

[alex_free]

This reminds me, I once had DOS 3.30 installed in VirtualPC on the OS 9 Mac mini. Worked well enough to compile 21c.

 

[galgot]

Very cool.
These sound editing softwares interfaces fascinate me. Most are as intimidating as a Boeing 747 engines control panel, yet I find them beautiful (even in DOS), but I have no idea of the use of any of these button, sliders...
Except maybe garageBand ...

 

[Amethyst1]

This reminds me, I once had DOS 3.30 installed in VirtualPC on the OS 9 Mac mini.

The problem with DOS VMs is that they use 100% of the host's CPU all the time unless you install a TSR that allows the CPU to go idle. DOSBox doesn't do that.

 

[alex_free]

The problem with DOS VMs is that they use 100% of the host's CPU all the time unless you install a TSR that allows the CPU to go idle. DOSBox doesn't do that.

Totally, I never even looked at the CPU usage. I only wanted to accomplish three things.
1) Install real MSDOS 3.30.
2) Install TurboC++ (an ancient compiler, like one of the first to support C89) and compile my game 21c.
3) See if 21c DOS works on such an old OS.

The way the filesystem is just availble plain as day in Mac OS 9 IIRC is still leap years ahead of things like virtual box where it's almost impossible to extract data from the VHDs on Linux for OSes even like Windows 95.

Still am in awe that a 16 bit executable for DOS 3.30 or above was accomplished with my little game I wrote last year.

 

[Amethyst1]

Totally, I never even looked at the CPU usage.

Well if you're compiling stuff you're using 100% of the CPU anyway Just thought I'd mention it in case others are running DOS VMs and wondering why their CPU's being hogged.

The way the filesystem is just availble plain as day in Mac OS 9 IIRC is still leap years ahead of things like virtual box where it's almost impossible to extract data from the VHDs on Linux for OSes even like Windows 95.

Hell yeah.

 

[alex_free]

Well if you're compiling stuff you're using 100% of the CPU anyway Just thought I'd mention it in case others are running DOS VMs and wondering why their CPU's being hogged.


Hell yeah.

Like how is it this bad decades later? The easiest way to transfer files into windows 95 is to host an http server and connect to it via whatever internet explorer version you have. The easiest way to transfer files out of windows 95 is to use some website the extracts the VHDs and lets you download individual files . At least from what I’ve figured out on Linux.

 

[Melchieor]

Does anyone know if this version of DOSBox can be added to the PPC build of Boxer?