Reply 20 of 24, by Jo22
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Demolition-Man wrote on 2023-04-19, 17:37:ZSNES has high requirements that are actually too extreme for DOS.
Hi again, I've found something from the late 90s that might be a bit shocking..
The arcade emulator M72 (emulates R-TYPE from 1987) does need these specs:
"The recommanded system is:
P2-266 with 64MB RAM
AGP video card with SDD6 installed
SoundBlaster16"
Then the emulator writer said (wrote):
"I had tested the emulator on 3 different machines.
The first one is a P2 clocked at 450MHz with Millenium PCI display card that I use to code the emulator, all games run extremely well, even after sample rate set to 44100.
The second one is a DELL P2-233 with built-in ATI 3D RagePro AGP video card. It runs well with vsync on and sample rate set to 22050, it only slows down when the vertical display option is turned on.
The 3rd machine is a P55C-233. It runs well with vsync set off. "
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/19990427085206/ht … 16.com/m72.html
Anyway, I've just found this archived page a few days ago when looking for Windows 3.1x compatible emulators and front-ends.
It reminded me of the days when emulators were primarily on DOS, still. Some required a Pentium II (or III, even).
Edit: The P55C is also known as Pentium MMX. The 233 MHz version was the fastest variant,
not supported by early (Super) Socket 7 motherboards (the P55C series topped out at 200 MHz, originally. The 233 MHz came afterwards).
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