EMU41; Dosbox on Linux; Excruciatingly sloooow
#1

EMU41 v 2.5, Dosbox v 0.74, Latest Ubuntu (13.10).

It runs like molasses, it's like watching paint dry.

Any ideas?

#2

And this is my EMU41.INI:

; emu41.ini        emu41 init file

[MODULES]
; page size filename
0 12 rom41cx.bin
3 4 cxfcn2d.bin
5 8 cxtime2c.bin
6 4 prter1e.bin
7 4 hpil1h.bin
; ------------
8 4 CCD_OSX.BIN

[DEVICES]
HDRIVE1 HDRIVE1.DAT
XIL COM1

#3

Have you tried Ctrl F12?

http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Special_Keys

HTH,

Gerson.

#4

Excellent resource, Gerson. Thanks.

After trying to speed up everything, I see that the issue is not with dosbox (I ran the game Gauntlet, and it runs very fast and smooth). The issue seems to be with EMU41, making my question even more pertinent to this forum ;-)

#5

Fixed it - hmm... by following my own, long forgotten instructions...:

http://isene.me/hp-41/rem/

#6

EMU41 is now open source, when is one of us going to port to UNIX/Linux/curses?

#7

Oh, wow. Neat news.

If I get the time and inspiration, I will attack it. But I promise nothing ;-)

#8

Very likely, it's due to the XIL COM1.

Support of the PIL-Box (through XIL COM1) is experimental and may slow down or disturb emu41 operation depending on the OS. My experience is that it worked well for me on an old W2K system, but much less on XP. I don't know for DOSbox/Linux.

I strongly advise not to use directly the PIL-Box in Emu41 with XIL COM1, but to use ILPer to tranfer data using the virtual disk hdrive1.dat.

Try to remove XIL COM1 and let me know.

J-F

#9

The problem was that EM41fired up without running "bnu" first and thus it hang on the connection it seams. When I fixed that, all was smooth sailing. The problem was that when I upgraded from dosbox 0.73 to 0.74, the part with autorunning the bnu got left out.

#10

Yup - running the ilper program under Linux to use it as a mass storage device and also a printer. Neat.

Another question, then; What is the best way to transfer a single FOCAL program from my PC to my 41 using ilper or emu41?



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