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Changing CPU cycles from within DosBox.

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First post, by DoSi

Posted on 2009-07-14, 18:01

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Hi,
Is there a way to change the CPU cycles from within dosbox?

At least for me, this would be useful.
I would like to create .bat files to run games..
For example:

Arkanoid.bat
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z:\CPUCYCLE.COM 250 # Set the CPU cycles to 250
ark.com
z:\CPUCYCLE.COM 3000 # Return to default

Or something like that...
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Or.. is there a way to update it programatically from within DosBox using a int command or something of the sort?

Thanks,

Reply 1 of 5, by Freddo

Posted on 2009-07-14, 18:05

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cycles 250

Reply 2 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-07-14, 18:36

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config -set "cpu cycles=fixed 250"

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Reply 3 of 5, by DoSi

Posted on 2009-07-14, 18:39

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Thanks. Exactly.

Reply 4 of 5, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2009-07-14, 22:19

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From the readme:

To set the cpu cycles to 10000:
config -set "cpu cycles=10000"

What does adding fixed do?

Reply 5 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2009-07-14, 22:30

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Nothing, but it's the official way.

1+1=10

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