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     Re: Axe and Fang?   
     By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Sun Nov 05 2023 06:24 pm   
      
    MK> Is it possible to run this door stably?   
      
   It runs without locking up on actual 486 hardware under DOS 5.0 as long as   
   SHARE.EXE is not loaded, no expanded memory manager is installed, and no   
   multi-tasker or task switcher is involved.  Any later version of DOS (at least   
   the 6.22 I tested with) or anything that causes the CPU to be in enhanced mode   
   or virtual 8086 mode crashes the game or locks up the system eventually.    
   So... maybe?   
      
    MK> I'm wondering how well it would   
    MK> run under DOSBox. Has anyone tried it?   
      
   I was able to get it running under DOSBox SVN as long as the CPU was forced   
   into real mode.  You can do that with these settings under the [cpu] section   
   in a DOSBox.conf file:   
      
   core=normal   
   cputype=386_prefetch   
   cycles=3000   
      
   Set cycles to whatever value you would like but don't leave it in auto mode.    
   I was unable to get a FOSSIL driver to work properly with the game and needed   
   to let the game use its own I/O routines.  With a locked rate at over 38400   
   the game tends to 'forget' to send data after a while, so leave it at that   
   value maximum.  Using DOSBox means it's going to need to be a single-node only   
   game and you'll need to take measures to prevent two users from entering at   
   the same time.   
      
   I also couldn't get DOSBox-X to run this reliably even with the above   
   settings. That may be a DOSBox-X problem as I've had some other stability   
   issues with the last two releases.   
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