Maybe I don't know how to enter what the readme calls "the -conf switch". In Dosbox I just entered: z:\>-conf configfile I also tried z:\>-conf dosbox.conf I thought this would point Dosbox to the config file I wrote, but it tells me illegal command -conf.

Now I get an illegal command when I try to -conf configfile in order to run dosbox from the config file i edited. Does that command not work?

I tried editing on the fly with the exact input you suggested: Z:\> config -set cpu cycles=10000 config -set cpu core=dynamic Then I ran syndicate and it seems to run even slower. Is there a place to learn the best cycles and cpu settings? I imagine it could be different for different games? I …

Here is what it says in the config file: core=normal cycles=3000 cycleup=500 cycledown=20 I have made a few changes to other aspects of the config file via the DOSbox guide tutorial for speeding things up, but not to these settings you have asked about. I can't really tell much difference in speed …

And yes benkid77's fix above works for me too. But on my Mac here it's choppy sound and a bit too slow now for fun playing. Time to see if I can speed things up a bit.

As far as I know the simplest text editor I have is called TextEdit. And AHA, it seems to be able to open the files.... Thanks for that little trigger, I only feel a little silly for not figuring that out.

I don't know how to edit synd.bat or any other files. I run a Mac OSX and can't edit the files in OSX and I am not too fmailiar with DOS commands to edit in DOSbox. I have Syndicate - standard version works fine but with no sound, I'd like to try the fix you reccommend but I don't know how. Can you …