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"DOSBox" & BoxMacs

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First post, by CaryMG

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I have an APPLE "Macintosh SE/30" computer with the following specs ....

CPU > Motorola 68030
CPU Speed > 33MHz
RAM > 4MBs
HDD > 80MBs
OSS > System6

Is there a version of "DOSBox" that'd work with this machine ?

Thanks In Advance!
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Reply 1 of 9, by Zup

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Probably you could compile DOSBox on that, but don't expect big performance... I doubt you could execute any game at a decent speed (including 8086 CGA games).

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Reply 3 of 9, by wd

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Maybe try some quite old version of dosbox, before pmode was added.

Reply 4 of 9, by CaryMG

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Zup wrote:

Probably you could compile DOSBox on that, but don't expect big performance ....

WOOT WOOT ! l o l
Thanks so much for the great news, Zup !

Forgive my not knowing-ness but by "compile" do ya mean translating it to the "System 6" language ?
If that's the case then I'll deal with less-than-warpspeed "DOSBox" performance
as long as I can get ta see "Ultima UnderWorld" on the screen of a boxmac ! l o l

wd wrote:

Maybe try some quite old version of dosbox, before pmode was added.

OK -- sounds good.
Could ya recommend a version number, please ?

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Reply 5 of 9, by IIGS_User

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I think DOSBox is a MacOS X-only software, so you could try an emulator of that time:
SoftPC by Insignia Solutions.

Klimawandel.

Reply 6 of 9, by CaryMG

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Hey ][GS User !

Funny you should mention "SoftPC" ....
I had it -- I bought a shrinkwrapped copy of it at a fleamarket for $2 l o l
But after I read the manual I threw it away thinking it useless.
I guess I'd better find another copy ....

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Reply 7 of 9, by IIGS_User

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CaryMG wrote:

I bought a shrinkwrapped copy

I have it on floppies. 😐

Klimawandel.

Reply 8 of 9, by Jorpho

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Mayhap compiling it under Linux/mac86k would be the way to go? Apparently that runs on an SE/30.
http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/

Reply 9 of 9, by CaryMG

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Thank you, Jorpho !

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