Subj : DOSBOX-X vs. dosemu issue
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jas Hud
Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 12:46:16

  To: Mike Powell
  Re: DOSBOX-X vs. dosemu issue
  By: Mike Powell to JAS HUD on Fri Aug 23 2024 10:31 am

 > From Newsgroup: micronet.bbs
 >
 > >  > Now that I have moved over to dosbox-x, there is a very noticable pause
 > >  > betweenthe version screen and the ANSI screen.  Maybe 20 or more
 > >  > seconds before the
 > >  > game continues.  Once this happens, the game seems to run and exit just
 > >  > fine.
 >
 > >from what i know of ooii (i know bryan turner), it's flakey and you will
 > have >some issues with it not performing well unless you do certain tweaks i
 > can't >remember off hand.   it could also be affected greatly by the
 > environment it is
 > >running on.
 >
 > I have heard that some people do have issues with ooii, but that one is
 > running well here.  It is BRE that is "long pausing" between the first two
 > welcome screens.
 >
 > Mike

Go into the conf and change priority setting.  you can also turn off cache
with nocachedir command.

I've used dosbox to launch games and non-games using doorway.
I haven't really seen a long pause.   I'm not using the latest dosbox-x, though.  i run it on windows, though.

maybe just use dosemu?

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