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DOSBox-X 0.83.6 released (Announce)

posted by Wengier E-mail, 29.10.2020, 22:21

> I would also like to mention that by passthrough I simply meant that
> DOSBox-X would recognize any attempt to reach a video device but instead of
> emulating the hardware, it is just passed to the real memory or I/O address
> and vice versa. Interrupts may make it more difficult, but the point is,
> this way DOSBox-X doesn't have to provide any drivers, like, say, VIDIX.
> It's up to the client program whether it's able to handle the videocard or
> not. So HW acceleration would only be possible with a real Voodoo card or
> smthg, but sVGA should be enough on a modern hardware, as it is fast enough
> to make HW acceleration redundant. This method would make DOSBox-X's SDL
> menü unavailable while in this mode, yet it would be extremely useful.
I hope HX DOS Extender can provide such options so that DOSBox-X can make use of. On the other hand, I think accessing the real hardware all by DOSBox-X itself may require significant amount of work.

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