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Topic:  DemoVM
* Posted by kevingpo Thursday 31 March 2005 - 9:31 
I really loved the oldskool demos back in the pre-1995s. However they were "real" DOS demos were programmed in assembly/C and used EMS/XMS, etc.

I've tried running some demos under DOSBox and they worked. However they ran really slow, more like slide-shows. This is because DOSBox is emulating the hardware for a 486 and soundcards.

Am thinking whether it be possible to create/develop a Virtual Machine specifically to running old-skool PC demos. A virtual machine that can interpret the assembly/low-level-C-code and do some on-the-fly/just-in-time translation for "todays" PCs running under WinXP, etc.

PS: PC demos as in the scene.org demos (
ftp://hornet.madtracker.org/mirrors/hornet/demos/1995/s/so lstice.zip
and it's patch update
ftp://hornet.madtracker.org/mirrors/hornet/demos/1996/s/so lfix.zip
)

[Post edited by kevingpo on Thursday 31 March 2005 - 9:34]

* Posted by skrebbel Thursday 31 March 2005 - 11:14 
did you really have to post that on csipd AND pouet AND scene.org??

* Posted by Nema Friday 1 April 2005 - 20:29 
i bet it is impossible. if not technically then at least because

1) you are not able to code it yourself
2) you will not find somebody doing it for you for free
3) you don't have the money to pay such a development

(no offent meant)

* Posted by Bugs_Bugger Saturday 2 April 2005 - 13:20 
You are really funny. Dosbox actually has a JITC. Wait some years and buy a really strong PC, then all your demos will run smothly.

[Post edited by Bugs_Bugger on Sunday 15 May 2005 - 17:32]

* Posted by kolloffnikoff Monday 9 May 2005 - 10:23 
I think Microsoft keep their little secrets too good to do something like this
you don't know much about DOS and how it works...:(

* Posted by halt Tuesday 17 May 2005 - 15:21 
Try VMWare - strong virtual PC on real PC soft :-) It allows you to install almost any OS you want(eg Linux) and watch it working on your WinXP desktop ;-) And as I've seen DosBox and VMWare I dare say it's much faster than DosBox, but I think you will not be able to run SVGA(VESA) demos, most of them use PMode and should be run well under Win9x. Surf the web to find it

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