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First post, by VirtuaIceMan

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Seems to have come to an end yesterday: http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/index.html

I used PCem to run Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix; it struggled a bit on my 2015-era PC, but it's a shame the project seems to have come to an end now.

My PC spec: Win10 64bit, i7-4970K (not overclocked), KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, Creative Soundblaster ZXr, 16GB RAM, Asus Z97-A motherboard, NZXT 410 case, ROG Swift GSYNC monitor

Reply 1 of 4, by Jorpho

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I am seriously impressed that some of these projects have lasted as long as they have. The incessant badgering from users must grow extremely tiresome.

(I wonder if that one fellow who was determined to run all the beta versions of Windows 95 ever got what he wanted?)

Reply 2 of 4, by danoon

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I started work on jDosbox which transitioned into Boxedwine more than 10 years ago. I completely understand the decision. I will often take extended breaks but I'm always drawn back to the code. I think for me its a bit of OCD, kind of like doing a puzzle a few pieces at a time.

http://www.boxedwine.org/

Reply 3 of 4, by Oetker

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Jorpho wrote on 2021-06-15, 15:44:

I am seriously impressed that some of these projects have lasted as long as they have.

Same. My experience is that once a project reaches a certain state, maintaining it gets more and more like actual work. Chasing down problems with certain users' hardware, which you don't have access to. New features being very complex, or very complex to add to the existing code, so it would take a huge amount of time.

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