i didnt want to sign up in vDosPlus and DOSBox-X forums. i was reluctant to ask questions about them here.
i just learned about MOUSE=ON in vDosPlus, the result was the same, cursor set out of bounds, vDosPlus's mouse might work on "set mode 80" and not on VGA mode. the mouse probem is not that important at this moment.
program AA was a data base program, it just reads 250k bytes of data and shows them
DOXBOX took 1.4 sec
vDosPlus took 30 sec
DOSBox-X took 40 sec +
DOS program BB1 was a math based calculation program
DOXBOX took 11 sec
vDosPlus maybe took 80 sec
DOSBox-X maybe took 100 sec
Windows program BB2 was converted and ported from the same algorithm of BB1 done by true basic's windows version complier
BB2 took 1 sec under windows. the compiler i used is called "true basic" complier whose double precision calculation is still 2% faster than the C-compiler's single precision and is about 20% faster than the pascal compiler's speed.
simply adding from 1 to 10^(8)
pen4 takes 29 sec (maybe 17 sec)
core 3+ takes less than 17 sec (maybe 9 sec)
doing by vDosPlus , i waited for 10 minutes, i stoped it , couldnt wait for the result, i felt it might go to 2 hours
doing by DOSBox-X, i waited for 10 minutes , then i stoped it , couldnt wait for the result, , i felt it might go to 2 hours
DOS program CC is a text VGA editor 640x480, this is the one that i need to get the printer emulator working someday
i didnt feel the running speed difference between and from DOXBOX, vDosPlus, DOSBox-X
i couldnt write anyting to the drive Z:> where DOSBox-X was , maybe because i dont know enough about it as to how to change it.
i need DOSBox-X to be at C:\, because i can not change all the programs configurations to Z:\ for the DOSBox-X sake. some old programs dont load their own files' paths, i have to tell them where their fonts are and etc.
my DOS running style
1. i change path=c:\;c:\batch
2. i put few 100's batch files in c:\batch
3. i make
c:\xtgold, xtree (file manager)
c:\norton (path changer)
c:\all the rest
4. then i run the batches like playing piano
i will keep playing with vDOSplus and dosbox-x for now.
right now i need this kind of a command line from vDOSplus the most
dosbox.exe AAA.exe -conf "%~dp0\dosbox-style1.conf" -EXIT
each program must have its own configuration setting
or i may have to do 4 ~ 5 command inputs ( maybe 20 key stokes) for every change of programs.
...readme says something about moving autoexec.txt and config.txt to the target program's directory...