On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 12:38, George Petri wrote:
>
> Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about compiling Plex86.
> I finally managed to locate the right download off ftp://ftp.plex86.org
> (plex86-2001-0616.tar.gz) and compiled it. After the reading the
> documentation (for once :)), I found out that one of the options I had
> specified for the configure script was invalid anyway:
>
> "--enable-cosimulation
> Enable support for cosimulating with another
> simulation/emulation/virtualization package. (not currently supported)"
>
> Not currently supported. I should have read the manuals first. :)
>
> Anyway, I finally got Plex86 going and it is indeed faster than Bochs --
> according to the Bogomips counter. In Bochs, Linux gets 0.85 Bogomips,
> while in Plex, it gets 1.92. Congratulations! That's more than twice as fast
> as Plex but...
>
> It's still unbearable :(.
>
> I know that Plex86 is still under development but even DOS lags and Plex
> seems to have horrible CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA graphics support.
> Performance is so bad that my hopes of playing AoE in Linux have been
> dashed.
>
> Is this going to change? Or has it already because the CVS has been updated?
>
> Or is it my configuration? I am using a Pentium II processor and was at least
> expecting 33 Mhz 386 speeds and hoping for Pentium 90 Mhz speeds.
>
> Does anyone know how to speed Plex up? I'm sure I've done something wrong.
>
Hi George
As have been sead lots and lots of times before; Plex86 is a work in
progress. And more than that.
Think of it as a highway-building work-area. When it's done it's pretty
impressive and you can drive very fast. But until it's done it's like a
real old forest road, you can't really go in 65mph there, more like
5mph.
When Plex86 is ready, it will be fast.
Take care
/Gabriel
