DOS ain't dead

SLWM graphical desktop for DOS (Announce)

posted by bocke, 17.09.2012, 11:34

> 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.)

I'm not really fond of Vmware as a personal emulation solution. I don't doubt the quality, just the contrary. But it's a bit of PITA for ordinary user. You must register to download the free player.

Btw, I didn't know VBox has the issues with Freedos. :|

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