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First post, by PhilsComputerLab

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Hi all!

Looking to beef up my DOS benchmark suite and instead of batch files, I'm considering a nicer menu interface. Does anyone have experience and can recommend a program?

It should work on old and very modern machines and easy to use.

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Reply 1 of 10, by ZanQuance

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A quick search led me to another Vogons thread here perhaps one of those might work?

Reply 2 of 10, by PhilsComputerLab

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Yup, just wondering if anyone has used one of them and can make recommendations or which ones to avoid. That sort of information 😀

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Reply 4 of 10, by PhilsComputerLab

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keropi wrote:

medley, it's not fancy and looks like a pimped DOS batch but it's really easy to work with, small and fast . I use it regularly for various tasks, it gets the job done...

Sweet I will check it out first!

EDIT: Looks great so far!

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Reply 5 of 10, by elianda

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I was wondering a bit, what is the problem with CHOICE and using ANSI for beefed up menus?
There are more modern ANSI implementations that allow to load and unload on demand.
Considering that 'ANSI-BBS' were very common and did all their menu stuff with it.

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Reply 6 of 10, by PhilsComputerLab

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I'm sure it will work great, I just don't have the time to figure it all out.

With the program Keropi linked, the menu is already finished. Thanks for the tip BTW. I already use it in a new benchmarking project making my life a little bit simpler.

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Reply 7 of 10, by elianda

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One remark: On a very slow PC like an XT class machine 3DBench 1.1 does not give a reasonable score (like 280 fps). 3Dbench 1.0 works however and shows correctly about 0.5 fps.

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Reply 8 of 10, by PhilsComputerLab

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elianda wrote:

One remark: On a very slow PC like an XT class machine 3DBench 1.1 does not give a reasonable score (like 280 fps). 3Dbench 1.0 works however and shows correctly about 0.5 fps.

Yes, both version will be available with a bit of an info.

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Reply 9 of 10, by Rhuwyn

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I've always wondered about this. I've been some videos where someone tested multiple games and looked like they had them all setup to run from a bootmenu but the video never covered the subject. I always assumed they were built manually and always thought about putting together my own.

Reply 10 of 10, by PhilsComputerLab

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Rhuwyn wrote:

I've always wondered about this. I've been some videos where someone tested multiple games and looked like they had them all setup to run from a bootmenu but the video never covered the subject. I always assumed they were built manually and always thought about putting together my own.

Yes that's basically what the did. You can also use a commander, like Norton commander, but it's not quite the same.

The one Keropi linked is very straight forward, perfect for me 😀

Others can have sub-menus and all sorts of other extras. But so far I'm happy. The options all fit on a screen, but if I ever run out of space I will look for an alternative.

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