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| Thread ID: 111800 | 2010-08-12 02:13:00 | Win95 software | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 1127032 | 2010-08-13 10:34:00 | Of course the emulated hardware is pretty useless so some games probably won't work either. I would disagree with that as Win2k runs faster under VirtualBox under PCLinuxOS than it does natively. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1127033 | 2010-08-13 10:47:00 | But that is just Windows Try running a 3D game inside your emulated Win2K machine and then tell me how it runs... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1127034 | 2010-08-13 12:29:00 | But that is just Windows Try running a 3D game inside your emulated Win2K machine and then tell me how it runs... One it is not emulated when it runs in VB and two he is talking about Win95 games not the latest and greatest. Try running VB before making silly comments. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1127035 | 2010-08-13 13:21:00 | 3D games existed in 1995 | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1127036 | 2010-08-13 15:32:00 | One it is not emulated when it runs in VB and two he is talking about Win95 games not the latest and greatest. Try running VB before making silly comments. Well I'm fairly sure that the video card it uses is not physical - at least not directly. The one that Win2K sees is an emulated one, surely... But, I will admit I have not tried playing games on an OS running inside VirtualBox but I have tried playing (fairly old ones) in Microsoft Virtual PC and the result was pathetic. But I will test it out and find out for myself. I have just installed VirtualBox (under Ubuntu) and am currently installing Windows 2000 SP4, and I shall see if some games can run well or not. (And yes, I have enabled 3D acceleration in the VirtualBox options) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1127037 | 2010-08-14 01:32:00 | Well I'm fairly sure that the video card it uses is not physical - at least not directly. The one that Win2K sees is an emulated one, surely... While I will concede that but as Windows or what ever need a driver for the graphics anyway is it really any different. In your previous post it sounded like you were saying the software was emulated too. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1127038 | 2010-08-14 04:51:00 | Install them in a virtual machine or get an old machine to play them on. I don't need them anymore myself as my children have grown up. I was hoping to pass them on to someone else who could use them but the average PC user wouldn't have an old PC to run them or know how to install in a virtual machine. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1127039 | 2010-08-14 05:48:00 | If you or Nomad are just going to chuck them out, I'll take them... While I will concede that but as Windows or what ever need a driver for the graphics anyway is it really any different. In your previous post it sounded like you were saying the software was emulated too. Well I have given it a test and I come to the conclusion that it's just as bad as virtual PC. If you don't believe me, download the demo version of Carmageddon (1997) and run it on your Win2K in VirtualBox. I tried it, and it was terribly laggy |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1127040 | 2010-08-14 06:08:00 | Can I have Sim City 2000 Pedro ?;) | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1127041 | 2010-08-14 23:49:00 | Can I have Sim City 2000 Pedro ?;) Wouldnt mind that myself, the 1st game I had! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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