At 16:31 2001-03-19 -0800, you wrote:
>If ``kinda slow [and mostly stable]'', then I am going to be thrilled. :)
>All it needs to be is more stable than vmware. :)
>
>I must also be getting very confused; I thought plex86 grew directly
>from bochs? How then could it be much slower than bochs? :) (Again,
>slow, I don't care. Works, I care. :)
>
>Thanks Dave. :)
>
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It's not just "kinda" slow, unfortunately. I don't know how slow it is, but
on my 800MHz Athlon, it wouldn't match a 286, and I'm not sure if it would
surpass a 8088 yet (not tested, though. only a subjective thought).
The reason is that though Bochs and Plex86 share the same author (Kevin),
the same device set, the core is radically different and is yet in its
early ages, where performance is not the goal. Ultimately, maybe as soon as
the next revision Kevin is working on right now, Plex86 will probably be
way faster than Bochs, but if you need something you can use, it isn't the
way to go.
Of course, since both are simulating a real PC, whatever you work on will
work on both, unless there are some bugs in the host software.
Again, see for yourself. It's thrilling to see such a piece of software
really work!
EL
