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VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 31.12.2007, 21:00

> I'm not sure if VBox deserves to be announced here. Concerning DOS, it is
> the worst emulator.

You've mentioned VirtualBox a few times on this forum, so it was mainly directed at you. Still, I haven't yet tried it, but how could it be worse than QEMU?? At least it's still updated, multi-platform (runs on the main three x86 OSes anyways), etc.

P.S. There's a QEMU/Win32 snapshot from Dec. 13 if you already have the latest 0.9.0 (last updated in February). There's even a patch (w/ precompiled binaries) for a -brake slowdown option (akin to DOSBox cycles). Maybe one of those is better for DOS?

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Complete thread:

• VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released - Rugxulo, 31.12.2007, 15:03 (Announce)
  • VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released - Japheth, 31.12.2007, 16:00
    • VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released - Rugxulo, 31.12.2007, 21:00
      • VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released - Japheth, 01.01.2008, 16:04
      • VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X , NO DOS ) released - DOS386, 02.01.2008, 01:15