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Subject: DOSBOX-X vs. dosemu issue Date: Fri Aug 23 2024 03:34 pm
From: Jas Hud To: Mike Powell

  To: Mike Powell
  Re: DOSBOX-X vs. dosemu issue
  By: Mike Powell to ALL on Fri Aug 23 2024 11:05 am

 > However, I have run into an issue with BRE.  Normally, when BRE starts, the
 > first screen the caller sees (that gives them the version info) quickly
 > clears and they are presented with the BRE ansi welcome screen.

 > Now that I have moved over to dosbox-x, there is a very noticable pause
 > betweenthe version screen and the ANSI screen.  Maybe 20 or more seconds
 > before the
 > game continues.  Once this happens, the game seems to run and exit just fine.

 > Is anyone else using dosbox-x with BRE?  If so, did you have to do anything
 > special to get it running?

 > Some pertinent settings from each environment...

 > dosemu:
 > cpu = 80586
 > ems = 8192
 > video = vga
 > all other cpu/memory/video settings left to default

 > dosbox-x:
 > cpu core = auto
 > cpu type = auto
 > ems = true
 > machine ("video") = svga_s3
 > all other settings left to default

 > I am running dosbox-x on a debian linux bookworm machine.  I have tried
 > changing the CPU setting to '386' and '486' (via the pull down menu) but that
 > didn't seem to change the behavior (i.e. in dosbox-x).

 > Thanks,
 > Mike



maybe it's pausing because it's trying to detect something?
checking display settings
if ansi is loaded, check for rip or ansi,etc
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