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First post, by gaula92

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Is it possible to have vgaonly core and dynamic cpu core? Does it really work? I believe the level of CPU accuracy needed for vgaonly mode could make dynamic core impossible....but... are they working at the same time?

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 4, by Kippesoep

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Sure. Why wouldn't they? Core type and machine type are separate settings. The only restrictions are on cputype which need core=normal for anything other than auto.

Reply 2 of 4, by h-a-l-9000

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The special effects in some demos tend to be a bit more stable with normal core. But it's not too bad in dynamic core either. With higher cycles the dynamic core also gets better.

1+1=10

Reply 3 of 4, by robertmo

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Kippesoep wrote:

Sure. Why wouldn't they? Core type and machine type are separate settings. The only restrictions are on cputype which need core=normal for anything other than auto.

I thought only cputype=386_prefetch needs core=normal

What's so special with for example cputype=386 that it would be better to use it with core=normal than dynamic?

Reply 4 of 4, by wd

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I thought only cputype=386_prefetch needs core=normal

Indeed, and the reason is quite simple: the prefetch aware emulation uses
a modification of the normal core. Otherwise it behaves exactly like cputype=386