On Wednesday 12 September 2001 23:57, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> What about root console dosemu instead of xdos? SVGA support seems to
> work well under console.
Try a game like Screamer 2 (3d racing game) or Mugen (fighting game engine).
I actually read that SVGA support is better in xdos (although slower) -- it
appears that a game called Swiv 3D correctly displays colours in xdos, but
not console dos.
> And sound support is problematic because it requires a DMA emulation
> and DSP emulation - both things are difficult to implement.
> Just motivate someone by paying him and you'll get it :)
>
> > is almost non-existent. And DPMI needs a little work.
>
> DPMI have some permanent problems that will probably never be fixed.
> There are also some bugs that can be fixed, but don't count on it too much
> :) You can always try to fix it yourself as many users do (including me:)
>
I agree on this point because of i386 architecture limitations but I do
believe that dosemu can do better on DPMI.
> > Now, when and will these problems be fixed? Does anyone in the
>
> Do you want to know the date? Look, it's free software. People mostly do
> what they need and when they need.
>
> > I am *most* annoyed that I can't play many games properly in DosEMU.
>
> What prevents you from using, say, vmware?
>
Money and the fact that I would have to pay even more for the next versions.
And vmware is comparatively slow.
> > If Windows 98 can do it, Linux should be able to, too :).
>
> This is not correct. Win98 allows dos programs to directly access hardware
> so any dos program under win98 can crash the entire system (I can give
> you an examples if you want). This is unacceptable under linux. You can
> compare dosemu with WinNT dos session and dosemu will mostly win.
>
Yes, DPMI games (esp. with sound) have crashed my win98.
DJGPP has crashed Win2k.
DosEMU has *never* crashed.
But then and again, the "rawkeyboard" option which is neccessary for
direct keyboard access by many games (and the ones I write too!) can lock
up the keyboard, while in Win2k, CTRL+ALT+DEL can usually fix it.
> As a user, I also have to admit that some parts of dosemu are really not
> maintained at all and it is sad. That is why when I felt need to use a
> special backup hardware called arvid (www.arvid.ru) under dosemu and found
> it unusable, I had only one choice: to start fixing it myself. Now I almost
> have no problems using it (I am still hoping that Hans Lermen will accept
> my PIC fixes, or using this hardware will not be possible for others).
> The advantage of GPL soft is that you always have sources and encouraged
> to do what you need with them.
>
> PS: I apologize to dosemu team. Hope I did not offended anyone by this
> flame. -
Actually after I re-read the email that I sent to this list, I too apologise
to anyone that I may have offended, with some of my remarks.
George
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