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  • Stickman

    From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Tue Dec 5 22:28:24 2023
    Got it working with DOS-X and X00.

    However, it runs kinda slow :-(

    I notice that the RBBS/QBBS DORINFOx.DEF generated has the baudrate set
    to 38400. Is this something I can change in Synchronet?

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to dragon on Tue Dec 5 23:59:26 2023
    Re: Stickman
    By: dragon to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Tue Dec 05 2023 10:28 pm

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    Got it working with DOS-X and X00.

    However, it runs kinda slow :-(

    I notice that the RBBS/QBBS DORINFOx.DEF generated has the baudrate set
    to 38400. Is this something I can change in Synchronet?

    No, and it would make no difference if you could. There's no actual "baudrate" going on unless DOSBox-X is doing some kind of throttling, and I doubt that it is. The cause of the slowness is likely due to just software emulation of the 8086 and DOS.
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  • From Codefenix@VERT/CONCHAOS to dragon on Wed Dec 6 11:03:09 2023
    Re: Stickman
    By: dragon to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Tue Dec 05 2023 10:28 pm

    Got it working with DOS-X and X00.
    However, it runs kinda slow :-(

    DOSBox-X is an emulator. :)

    The *emulated* baud in that version of DOSBox-X is 9600 by default, but can be increased to 115200 if you're using the MODE.COM utility as described in my writeup. I'd suggest double checking to ensure that rundosdoor.cmd includes the "echo mode ..." line.

    I have not tried any versions of DOSBox-X after 0.83.10, so as far as I know there is no way to get a faster speed than the 115200 emulated baud. If 115200 is too slow for your liking, you can try the earliest known version of DOSBox with a socket inheritance patch (DOSBox 0.63) as outlined at http://dosbox.bbsdev.net. I ran this version for a long time before discovering DOSBox-X, and it ran very fast for me, albeit with noticeably higher CPU utilization.

    Just another thought, because this is an action game, it could probably benefit from being slowed down a tad. That animated title screen alone blows by too quickly at full telnet speed in my opinion.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Codefenix on Wed Dec 6 12:39:45 2023
    On 12/6/2023 11:03, Codefenix wrote:
    Re: Stickman
    By: dragon to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Tue Dec 05 2023 10:28 pm

    dr> Got it working with DOS-X and X00.
    dr> However, it runs kinda slow :-(

    DOSBox-X is an emulator. :)

    The *emulated* baud in that version of DOSBox-X is 9600 by default, but can be increased to 115200 if you're using the MODE.COM utility as described in my writeup. I'd suggest double checking to ensure that rundosdoor.cmd includes the "echo mode ..." line.


    I tried it with and without the "mode" command with no change.

    Just another thought, because this is an action game, it could probably benefit from being slowed down a tad. That animated title screen alone blows by too quickly at full telnet speed in my opinion.

    The title screen is nice and fast, but the gameplay is a little
    sluggish. I'll try it with a couple of other terminals.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Codefenix on Wed Dec 6 18:51:09 2023
    On 12/6/2023 11:03, Codefenix wrote:
    http://dosbox.bbsdev.net. I ran this version for a long time before discovering DOSBox-X, and it ran

    most of the links at that location are broken.

    Just another thought, because this is an action game, it could probably benefit from being slowed down a tad. That animated title screen alone blows by too quickly at full telnet speed in my opinion.

    Yeah, it's more than a "tad" slower. It runs much slower under DOSBOX-X
    than on my 16-bit RBBS under XP.

    I'll keep playing with it.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Wed Dec 6 19:59:07 2023
    Got it working passably well by tweaking the DosBox-X CPU settings.

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