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Re: ANYBODY HAVE A MAC EMULATOR FOR PC ?
>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Hagie <hagie@netcom.com> writes:
Scott> Pardon me for cutting in, and don't get me wrong, it is
Scott> nothing short of a miracle that they can make a Mac
Scott> emulator at all, but I think you seriously overstate it's
Scott> speed and capabilities. With 8 megs of Ram on a 486 DX4
Scott> 100, it will run Wolfenstein 3-D (in 320x200) like a
Scott> 286. Don't know what the equivalant is for a Mac (A Power
Scott> PC probably <g>), but it really is pathetic.
Wolf3D is actually pretty fast if your system is set up to let Wolf3D
directly access your svga card. To do that (under Executor/DOS, which
I assume you are using), you need UniVBE installed (so you get a VBE
2.0 compatible video driver) and you need to run Executor under plain
DOS (without QEMM, etc.) If you can't do that, turning on "use
quickdraw" in the Wolf3D menu helps, and make sure that "refresh" mode
is off in the alt-shift-5 preferences panel.
The eccentricities of PC video hardware make it difficult for Executor
to run certain Mac games at the proper speed. In general, games are
not a very good benchmark for anything but games. :-)
Hopefully Win95+DirectDraw will allow games to run under Executor at
full speed on more systems.
-Mat
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