On 2012/09/03 10:35 (GMT+0300) Alexey Eromenko composed: Thanks for replying. :-)
> Your question is very specific one. I am the guy who does a lot of DOS > games emulation, and I usually use DOSbox for it. Basically you have only 3 > ways : > 1. Find modern replacement for your legacy apps. Impossible. I'm too old to learn new software and relearn the old software in order to convert old macros and menus dating as far back as the '80's into replacements for the new software. > 3. Patch DOSbox for faster i/o (or pay someone to do it) 16 bit code being what it is, I suspect this too to be impossible. OTOH, I wonder if FreeDOS is limited to 16 bit I/O. I guess I need to give it a try. Even if it is much faster, I'm having a problem imagining how it would help other than if booting it directly instead of PC/MS DOS, which would have no benefit over continuing with OS/2 or eCS. > 2. Patch VirtualBox for more legacy video modes (or pay someone to do it) - > you can learn what is lacking by looking at the DOSbox source code. Lots of implications to this one. First, there do exist more than three basic options. #4 is to keep using eCS, just not for the Geckos. I'm already running 2 systems 24/7, wanting to cut it to one, able to rearrange so that everything except DOS is on the primary display instead of the secondary. This would be less comfortable than making a VM work, yet doable. It implies that anything like VirtualBox, e.g. VM Ware or Parallels, has its same limitations WRT I/O speed and SVGA text support. I haven't given it much thought, but possibly I could manage to live with the dismal DOS I/O and use DOSbox. Considering what running an extra machine costs just in electricity, paying someone to provide required patch(es) may be the best option. Not likely I'd ever figure out how to do it myself even if I could find the time. But again there is a presumption, that more video modes could be provided, as there seems to be only VESA now, nothing proprietary. If there were any proprietary modes, I ought to be able to find a video card to use them. I haven't bothered with NVidia, and maybe that's been my mistake. Its age is too young to have been among any of the proprietary modes available in 1992, the reason why I've not tried it. But maybe it has VESA that's compatible with VBox's driver? I may need to (re)visit Matrox too, as I don't recall whether I even tried it. As to paying someone, how does an ordinary user go about hunting down someone both capable and interested? Then if found, is there any chance it would not be cost prohibitive? A business might easily justify $1,000, €2,000 or maybe even £20,000, but not me. Snap is probably proof that it's possible, but at what cost? It seems to me the fact that hasn't already been done, except by IBM and Scitech for OS/2, may mean it isn't feasible absent a very much fatter wallet than mine. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
