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Old 12-04-2012, 06:02 AM   #1
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Default dosbox for amiga 68k?
http://amigagamer.blogspot.com.es/20...-to-amiga.html


This is the first I have heard of this...
Any more info on this? This would be so awesome, running all my dos favs
from my amiga 68k....

Would it need a 68060? Can it run wing commander? fast tracker II? Screamtracker?
NEOPAINT? What about star wars xwing?
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Old 12-04-2012, 06:16 AM   #2
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
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http://amigagamer.blogspot.com.es/20...-to-amiga.html


This is the first I have heard of this...
Any more info on this? This would be so awesome, running all my dos favs
from my amiga 68k....

Would it need a 68060? Can it run wing commander? fast tracker II? Screamtracker?
NEOPAINT? What about star wars xwing?
Dosbox can run all of these, but I think you are out of luck expecting enough horsepower for these programs from a 060. I remember running Dark Forces totally playable in dosbox on a 1.6 ghz core 2 duo laptop, but on my dual core 1 ghz atom laptop it's too slow. I think blindly counting MIPS is not a good idea, but however you twist and turn it, it will be slower on a 060. Maybe it could be usable in UAE on some higher end machines, but then again, what's the point?
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Old 12-04-2012, 07:13 AM   #3
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
he's right. I used the ppc version of dosbox a while ago and it could just about run settlers 1. and forget about timing-dependant stuff like music trackers, cant imagine that would work. you're much better off running dark forces under ifusion or shapeshifter. there a 060 is enough.
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Old 12-04-2012, 09:00 AM   #4
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
Okay stick to linux box for dos emu. But I would still like to see a working port...
and I applaud these efforts...

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Old 12-04-2012, 09:20 AM   #5
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
Both MorphOS and AOS4.x have working DosBox ports I believe
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Old 12-04-2012, 09:35 AM   #6
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
Well, since dosbox is basically a 386 emulator, I don't think anything would be really usable (comfortably) on it.

I believe dosbox primarily exists to run old dos games, and most of those would be just unplayable even on a 100MHz 060 with lots of RAM..
It's also written to be easily portable and that usually means sacrificing some performance.

I doubt it can outrun good old PC-Task unless it had a well written JIT. Which on 68k Amiga has to be written from a scratch, lots and lots of asm coding

On my old 400MHz ARM Symbian Nokia dosbox can't really handle anything and it even has JIT for arm in it.

So.. yeah.. what's the point? Of course if the author wishes so.. it's his time after all And there's always the experience that comes with it.
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Old 12-04-2012, 07:56 PM   #7
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Would it need a 68060? Can it run wing commander? fast tracker II? Screamtracker?
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I doubt it based on the performance of DosBox for the RaspberryPI which I did not find usable. That is 800mhz... I think for Amiga PCTask is probably the best...
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Old 12-04-2012, 08:20 PM   #8
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
My Nokia N900 will load up an almost usable version of Daggerfall with DosBox and it's an 600Mhz ARM.

And that was a game that came out in the era where they were still managing to make DOS games, that also had a 'Windows' version as well.

I haven't tried much else on it. But the real thing I think that would slow it down would be converting VGA to AGA or something, though I'm assuming anyone attempting DosBox has some sort of graphics card?

I would love to play around with this, alas I only have a stock 040 in my A4000D. Anyone offering an 060 for a price that won't make me poor? I have a barely used soul for trade.

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Old 12-11-2012, 12:17 PM   #9
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
you can see many dosbox games on Retro Trailer on signature link
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:19 PM   #10
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you can see many dosbox games on Retro Trailer on signature link
Erm you don't by any chance have that order in English?
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Old 12-11-2012, 10:50 PM   #11
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
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This is the first I have heard of this...
Any more info on this? This would be so awesome, running all my dos favs
from my amiga 68k....
It's already been ported: http://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/DOSBox_68k.lha
Unfortunately it's an old and therefore less compatible version, and also illegal as the source code is missing. So I guess V0.74 will need to be ported from scratch :-(
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Old 12-11-2012, 10:58 PM   #12
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Default Re: dosbox for amiga 68k?
meh, there is only one "DOSBox" for 68k that counts, the KCS Power PC Board!
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It's already been ported: http://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/DOSBox_68k.lha
Unfortunately it's an old and therefore less compatible version, and also illegal as the source code is missing. So I guess V0.74 will need to be ported from scratch :-(
Yes I have ported 0.74 from scratch...
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Old 12-12-2012, 02:36 AM   #14
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Yes I have ported 0.74 from scratch...
0.74? Where can I download it? Would be great for my distribution
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Old 12-12-2012, 03:05 AM   #15
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Hiya,

It's running but not ready for release yet, still loads of work to do.

More details here -> thread
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