First post, by keenmaster486
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I've seen a few threads lately of people trying to use DOSBox to run something other than a game, and it's kind of got me thinking:
Out of curiosity, what is the actual difference between an emulator intended to run games and one intended to run traditional applications? Why wouldn't they be the same thing? Isn't it in the best interest of both targets to create an emulator that matches the original system as closely as possible?
Also, given the lengths to which a lot of games go to utilize the IBM PC compatible hardware to the absolute limit of what it can do, why wouldn't it be much easier for DOSBox to run the average application than the average game?
So why is it always recommended to use something other than DOSBox for normal applications?
There is something I'm missing here, I just know it.
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