DOS ain't dead

SLWM graphical desktop for DOS (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 15.09.2012, 20:54

> I don't know about native install, but under VirtualBox (Freedos 1.1, 512
> mb ram) it works so slow. Ie: I had to wait 5-6 seconds for calculator to
> draw all buttons. On the other hand, Dillo mostly works ok, but it's much
> slower than DJGPP port of Links2 with graphics. It also often locks up on
> window resize. Luckily most of the times the 'x' button works nicely. Other
> than that, it sometimes locks up while parsing css (ie: vim.org). If I
> disable CSS, it works ok.
>
> Sorry for mixing the Dillo info in the thread. :)

I was using VirtualBox on my laptop yesterday. Without VT-X enabled, it's both buggy and very slow! It's painful and sad. 16-bit real mode stuff is (naturally) much faster than 32-bit pmode like DJGPP stuff. Yes, I was using Dillo, and it was quite lethargic, but I remember (from this desktop) that it runs much much faster with VT-X enabled (or native DOS, natch). You may have better luck with VMware Player, it's supposedly decent speed, but I (still!) haven't bothered installing that yet.

So it's not really Dillo's fault, just VBox trying to emulate a very complex set of instructions. (And I still don't think they test DOS very well, if at all, preferring other more "modern" OSes, ugh.)

Complete thread:

• SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - georgpotthast, 30.07.2012, 19:45 (Announce)
  • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - Laaca, 30.07.2012, 20:43
    • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - georgpotthast, 30.07.2012, 20:55
  • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - bocke, 15.09.2012, 06:58
    • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - georgpotthast, 15.09.2012, 08:40
    • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - Rugxulo, 15.09.2012, 20:54
      • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - bocke, 17.09.2012, 11:34
        • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - rr, 17.09.2012, 21:09
          • SLWM graphical desktop for DOS - bocke, 18.09.2012, 14:21