Posted By
PaulK
on 2008-10-05
08:42:56
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I have just bought an old 486 Dell Notebook of Ebay for just under £5, full working order apart from the battery. This runs with Dos and Windows 3.11. Now is there and old C16/Plus 4 Emulator available that would run on this old machine?
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Posted By
PaulK
on 2008-10-05
09:10:12
| Re: Out of interest
Nice one. Thankyou
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Posted By
SVS
on 2008-10-05
12:07:43
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Forever! is the better, and more updated. It features D64 full support and IEC drive support (just for example). Having a slow machine, you probably need a fast emulator, like this (it was totally written in ML).
I think Litwr, its author, should be glad to give you any info you need.
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Posted By
PaulK
on 2008-10-05
14:41:11
| Re: Out of interest
Thanks for the info Guys. I have just picked the machine up and it works a treat, so hopefully later this evening I will have a C16 emulator running on it (fingers crossed)
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Posted By
Paulk
on 2008-10-05
17:37:19
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Ok, got the emulator running. It runs ok but unfortnately the best performance I can get is 6.1frames a second, a touch too slow me thinks.
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Posted By
SVS
on 2008-10-08
02:51:38
| Re: Out of interest
I think it's however too slow even for a 486. Have you tried the full trottle option? (ALT-W if I'm not wrong).
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Posted By
Litwr
on 2008-10-09
03:03:39
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The latest version 1.42 of 'forever?' is at litwr.boom.ru/p4_download.html - it requires at least P200 for full speed. There is also possibility to use frame skipping. What is the frequency of you 468 CPU?
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Posted By
PaulK
on 2008-10-09
07:37:27
| Re: Out of interest
It's a 486 DX4 75mhz. I have tried running the emulator with frame skip etc but I get no improvement in speed. Never mind it was fun fun trying. At the moment I am trying out the Windows Mobile Demo version on my PDA and that seems to work excellent, although a bit fiddly as everything is so small.
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