Thanks DosFreak and Lofty for the info 😀 I changed core to dynamic and cycles to auto. It seems to be going a good bit faster now. Not to the standard of my old 486, but that's probably what you said about my Athlon not being quick enough.

It says "core=normal". So if I change that to "core=dynamic" it'll make a difference? Sorry to sound dense, I'm not too good on tech stuff. Approaching 2hrs to create a new game now. Status bar on 79%.

I have no idea, I just ran DOS Box and let it go its business. Hang on, I'll check the file you mentioned.

This is my first time using DOS Box. I tried to start a new game of Championship Manager 97/98 well over an hour ago and the 'Creating Data' statusbar at the bottom still only says 44%. This is way slower than I ever remember it being. I've read something about increasing CPU cycles, but I'm afraid …