On 09/03/2024 14:57, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
> Every cpu instruction has to be emulated in software. Apparently Pentium 
> II is about as fast a cpu that can be emulated at full speed. In the 
> interest of genuineness (is that a word) achieving real speed is deemed 
> a feature.

WOW! Thank you. (i expected the 'emulator' would run the emulated 
op-codes on the actual cpu, but maybe not. I've never studied these 
engines. Yep, 'emulating' each op-code in software would be a very heavy 
burden).

> Like many/most open source endeavors it is dominated by one person.

Agreed.

> AN ongoing issue is that modern cheaper printers don't support PCL or 
> Epson. Provided drivers are extremely limited.

Damn! There used to be many spooling/printing utils, that trapped 
LPTn/COMn, and redirected to files... Dunno if any would be useful? 
LPT2PRN, DOSPRN, etc, etc?

All interesting, but now difficult (for me) to remember what we we 
did/enjoyed! 20-25-30 years ago!

   - Michael


> On 9/3/2024 10:30 am, Michael Kennedy wrote:
>> Wow! 86Box sounds very good, Bernie. Thank you for the update.
>>
>> I don't recall ever using/trying it.
>>
>> Re speed: I'm surprised if the execution speed is the same as on 
>> 486-based hardware - I would have expected higher performance!
>>
>> And 86Box is being regularly updated and supported - very important, 
>> though seemingly mainly by one person?
>>
>> Very best,
>>    - Michael
>>
>>
>> On 07/03/2024 23:49, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>>> UTM / QEMU didn't work out so well.
>>>
>>> But I have a promising solution: 86Box. It is a proper 
>>> old-world-machine emulator.
>>>
>>> Seems to work fine. Of course at proper 486 speed just as it we 
>>> remember (being an emulator).
>>>
>>> Even printing works! Emulates printer and sends to a folder. 
>>> Automator can be used to setup a forwarder to printer.
>>>
>>> Havn't mastered networking ... yet.
>>>
>>> Cheers to all,
>>> Bernie
>>>
>>> On 17/11/2023 12:10 pm, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>>>> Hi ya all! I am back, briefly!
>>>>
>>>> Am the proud owner of a beaut M2Pro mac.
>>>>
>>>> But of course the only problem is virtualbox doesn't work on apple 
>>>> silicon, neither do the other virtualisers (for old windows os's).
>>>>
>>>> Oh no! Is this the end of PDOXDOS for me?
>>>>
>>>> Trying UTM (based on QEMU). All seems to be running fine. So far.
>>>>
>>>> Seasons Greetings!
>>>
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