dr.zeissler wrote:. I found out that emm386 in connection with setmule seems to be more stable/reliable but not so flexible. My favorite ist still "cpucache.com". It works perfect on Qemm386, but does not work on emm386.
Do you know Slowdos utility? Im using it on X58, its running setmul l1d for older games, which have starting problem without it - Runtime error 2000, runtime error 6003 etc.. and slowdos for more modern games which are too fast (some of them dont have framepacing at all, some are running hell fast - Battle arena Toshinden, Destruction Debry 2).. Slowdos working fine under EMS, you can adjust speed through very small delay steps, it faik its not generate any incompatibility for my games.
With this combo (setmut + slowdos) i made working everything with appropriate speed what not freeze at the game start, because of other problem for example Microprose games are using mgraphic.exe and there is problem with CPU speed on such old machine as P3 450, it could be simulated in Dosbox with lots of cycles too.. and Setmul or Slowdos is not fixing that.. only replace something in binaries for some nops could help.. More info:
Fix Civilization I and probably lots of others Microprose games for new computers.. I need help with Hex editor magic.
I have tested 160 games on fast X58 machine, i managed to get working 135 of them fine and from 25 problematic, im sure than 1 of is that Microprose problem and in theory i would say max next 5-7 of them is could not working because of some speed problem, which is not fixable with setmul (it slowdown my machine 300x to slow 486 speed good for speed problem testing.. ), for rest of are almost sure that problem is not speed, because there are working without sound, or issues is obvious as need nont ems driver (not is not possible with my soundcard).
Maybe you know it, i just found it - lsit of speed sensivite games:
https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_ … sensitive_games
Could you share cpucache.com i dont have it?
Im old goal oriented goatman, i care about facts and freedom, not about egos+prejudices. Hoarding=sickness. If you want respect, gain it by your behavior. I hate stupid SW limits, SW=virtual world, everything should be possible if you have enough raw HW.