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- From: bb252@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James L. Brookes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 Launcher
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- Date: 14 Aug 92 18:43:51 GMT
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- johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean) writes:
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- >My question is:
- >===============
- >Since most DOS 3.3 programs rely on a 1Mhz speed, I think it is
- >necessary to slow down to 1Mhz on entry, and restore the speed on
- >exit.
- >What do people think about this?
-
- I'd rather have some sort of menu brought up, hit [RETURN] for the
- default setting, change setting, or select a different speed...
-
- >Should I do this, or should I require the user to enter the control
- >panel?
-
- It'd be nice if you could do the above.
-
- >What about accelerators? I have code to slow down and restore
- >ZIPs and TransWarps, but I'm not sure whether its necessary when
- >you switch the machine to 1Mhz via the standard softswitch.
- >I think it would be still necessary - can someone confirm this?
-
- For some reason, when I disable my Zip and run certian //e programs
- the speed is still 9mhz. I don't know why that is thou...switching
- the system to "Normal" speed from the Control Panel does set the
- system to 1mhz whether the Zip is enabled or not.
-
- >The same argument could be applied to keyboard buffering - which is
- >a real pain for most old DOS 3.3 programs.
-
- A way to configure these as defaults would be very handy. For example,
- most of the old games I play I play at GS Fast speed, because they
- are more fun that way :)
-
- Could there be some way to have different configurations when different
- files are launched? Maybe have a disk image, and an optional configuration
- file associated with that file? That would be very handy, imo...
-
- >John MacLean.
- >This net: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au Phone: +61 2 427 2999
-
- Sounds like this is going to be very useful. I can't wait to see it!
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- | James Brookes | Oggnet: House of Games, User #209 |
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