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by dreamer
Mon 27 Dec, 2021 8:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: MichaelJManley taking over as PCem maintainer
Replies: 82
Views: 51526

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: MichaelJManley taking over as PCem maintainer

Welcome back! PCEm is too good to just die like this, I'm glad you managed to find a comfortable arrangement for all of this.
by dreamer
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 7:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v17 released!
Replies: 33
Views: 33488

Re: v17 released!

Congratulations on the release! I am not following the project very closely, but it's a happy moment when it makes a big step forward. Lovely <3
by dreamer
Fri 05 Jun, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Bitbucket deleting all Mercurial repositories on June 1, 2020?
Replies: 21
Views: 18932

Re: Bitbucket deleting all Mercurial repositories on June 1, 2020?

I don't think it's much of a problem. Like Sarah said, either she could host the Mercurial repo herself, or just switch to a Git version system. I do think there are plenty of guides on how to convert a hg repo to a git one, so it doesn't seem it would be too big of a hassle.
by dreamer
Tue 21 May, 2019 7:09 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Can we have a PCem BIOS datfile?
Replies: 10
Views: 14931

Re: Can we have a PCem BIOS datfile?

I would completely second this, although in a bit of a different way. There is a known list of roms that are required for the different systems, but there is no good way to see the completion of the set. It would be great to have a list of rom files, and their availability: something like "Syst...
by dreamer
Sun 19 May, 2019 7:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: v15 released!
Replies: 49
Views: 63402

Re: v15 released!

Thank you!! It's really exciting to get more commit notifications in the mail, especially after all this time where we were in the dark on the recompiler work. Was really excited to see that "Update version number to v15." :) Keep it up!
by dreamer
Fri 26 Apr, 2019 12:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unexplained Slowdown?
Replies: 15
Views: 16497

Re: Unexplained Slowdown?

Your screenshot doesn't show the titlebar of the PCEm window. In there a percentage is displayed. That percentage shows how much of the expected performance you are able to reach. If you see 100% that means PCEm is able to run full speed, and the performance matches the machine. If it is lower than ...
by dreamer
Tue 26 Mar, 2019 7:57 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: v15 & new recompiler update
Replies: 86
Views: 89930

Re: v15 & new recompiler update

It's currently private due to the major potential for performance and compatibility regressions during development. I'm hoping to merge it back to trunk in the next few weeks. It's nice to hear that progress is still ongoing. Waiting patiently for new updates, hope things are working out smoothly!
by dreamer
Mon 31 Dec, 2018 9:12 am
Forum: Development
Topic: v15 & new recompiler update
Replies: 86
Views: 89930

Re: v15 & new recompiler update

Good job on the continued progress! Even though I am unable to add anything to the development I am always excited to see news and features coming out. Happy holidays and best of luck for the coming 2019 :)
by dreamer
Wed 03 Oct, 2018 4:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Donations?
Replies: 8
Views: 10229

Re: Donations?

If you found that this way is better in the long term, then more power to you. Not everyone is able to carry such a big project for so long, so whatever feels right!
by dreamer
Mon 01 Oct, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Donations?
Replies: 8
Views: 10229

Re: Donations?

I don't remember exactly, but wasn't there a point against financial support, like it would become too much of a job, or give too much pressure? I'd be willing to donate montly, and others would, at the very least a small amount, but that's OK only if Sarah is OK with that.
by dreamer
Thu 21 Jun, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So I wrote a guide about DOS gaming and PCem...
Replies: 7
Views: 8926

Re: So I wrote a guide about DOS gaming and PCem...

That is actually a great guide, goes not only through PCem, but also common tools used alongside. Good job :)
by dreamer
Mon 30 Oct, 2017 9:06 am
Forum: Development
Topic: [Possible Bug?] Blank CGA
Replies: 5
Views: 6022

Re: [Possible Bug?] Blank CGA

It would be useful to have all the rom files required for your current configuration listed in a new tab or maybe a completely new window that lists all the files that PCem looks or might look for and their status (with checksums even to make sure it's the right file).
by dreamer
Thu 12 Oct, 2017 6:25 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: [Sep 2020 ed.] PCem MSYS2 build guide (with wxWidgets)
Replies: 84
Views: 116996

Re: PCem MSYS2 build guide (with wxWidgets)

You also have to copy liblzma-5.dll from the mingw32/bin folder, and make sure you run the initial pacman -Syu (restart) pacman -Su commands when you install msys2. Other than that it works beautifully!
by dreamer
Thu 21 Sep, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

If you are using MinGW I suppose you are on Windows. Get TortoiseHG (https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/), it's easier than command line tools.
by dreamer
Tue 19 Sep, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

I think you can get one in the official PCem download.
by dreamer
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 5:43 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

Added info about compiling with networking, thanks basic2004!
by dreamer
Sat 22 Jul, 2017 8:20 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Your build environment
Replies: 2
Views: 3777

Your build environment

I was looking through different posts regarding stability and compiling and I realized that almost everyone is using different environments to build their versions from source. What is yours? Mine is (Windows): MinGW (latest) CMake (latest) GCC 4.7.2-1 libmpfr 2.4.1-1 libmpc 0.8.1-1 w32api 3.18.2 Op...
by dreamer
Thu 20 Jul, 2017 11:48 am
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

So just an empty 'configs' directory in the folder where pcem.exe is?
by dreamer
Sun 26 Feb, 2017 10:36 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

I use 7-zip, it opens lzma fine
by dreamer
Fri 24 Feb, 2017 8:38 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide help needed
Replies: 4
Views: 6069

Re: PCem build guide help needed

I mention the guide in the first line of my first post in this thread! :)
by dreamer
Mon 06 Feb, 2017 6:32 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Dynamic recompiler
Replies: 164
Views: 150469

Re: Dynamic recompiler

Szadycbr the whole task that PCem is performing is serial. It would require not recompiling, but complete rewriting of each and every application You want to parallelize. Going parallel is not a magic bullet - if it was then everything would be massively parralel, and now it's mostly for certain tas...
by dreamer
Mon 06 Feb, 2017 3:49 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Dynamic recompiler
Replies: 164
Views: 150469

Re: Dynamic recompiler

Szadycbr - if You move something to a separate thread You must synchronize and with the amount of things PCem does - it might very well actually be slower. The performance drop could be because You are not using SSD to run PCem and the underlying HDD emulation is more complex disk access wise than d...
by dreamer
Sun 05 Feb, 2017 2:24 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Cannot compile a working executable
Replies: 15
Views: 15618

Re: Cannot compile a working executable

PCem doesn't compile on newest versions of GCC and Leilei advised me to use 4.7.2 which is definitely known to work with PCem. It looks like it's a different issue - the app compiles bus doesn't run properly. Make sure You are using GCC 4.7.2 from the guide and try again. Post up if You mange to do ...
by dreamer
Tue 31 Jan, 2017 3:03 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: FPS to 50% in Win98
Replies: 21
Views: 21469

Re: FPS to 50% in Win98

Szadycbr - You're wrong. The PCem title bar will show 100% when You run something like IBM 5150 - Voodoo wasn't even a baby back then. Looking at the physical CPU usage PCem doesn't max out a single core if the processor is performing well and when it does max out a core then the performance in PCem...
by dreamer
Tue 31 Jan, 2017 11:29 am
Forum: Development
Topic: FPS to 50% in Win98
Replies: 21
Views: 21469

Re: FPS to 50% in Win98

Percent in the titlebar represent how much of the intended speed of the emulated processor Your actual PC is able to reach. 50% means that a Pentium 133 MHz is actually running at something like 66,5 MHz jsut because Your PC is unable to make it run faster. What are Your actual PC specs? If You mana...
by dreamer
Thu 12 Jan, 2017 5:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can we make PCem much faster?
Replies: 19
Views: 21608

Re: Can we make PCem much faster?

If we'd want virtualization there's VirtualBox, there's Win3mu (still in the works I hope) and there's of course VMWare, a huge company, Qemu, Bochs... PCem is its own thing, and that's what makes it what it is - unique!
by dreamer
Wed 11 Jan, 2017 7:33 am
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

Re: PCem build guide

Hey, szadycbr, I'm glad I could help! It's strange, that CMake was not available if You did the switcheroo of the packages I described at the start of the guide. It seems, that You ended up using another CMake installation that You already had on Your system, which is fine :3 Welp, it seems, that I ...
by dreamer
Tue 10 Jan, 2017 2:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can we make PCem much faster?
Replies: 19
Views: 21608

Re: Can we make PCem much faster?

Android version is interesting, since there have been efforts to make a Linux version that runs on Allegro, and Allegro technically works on Android, but I higly doubt the performance on most Android devices (save for the high-end ones) will be sufficient enough for it even if it works at all! I rea...
by dreamer
Tue 10 Jan, 2017 12:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can we make PCem much faster?
Replies: 19
Views: 21608

Re: Can we make PCem much faster?

Regarding offloading instructions - not emulating every instruction would be against what PCem is going for and it wouldn't really work, and newer versions of PCem do offload some of the work to processor directly with the recompiler, right? I'm taking a guess here, but it would be extremely hard an...
by dreamer
Thu 29 Dec, 2016 7:43 am
Forum: Development
Topic: PCem build guide
Replies: 46
Views: 52819

PCem build guide

We will install MinGW as a build environment. $ROOT refers to directory where MinGW is installed ~ refers to home directory of MSYS ($ROOT\msys\1.0\home\$USERNAME\) All mentioned files are contained in reqs\ folder of https://bitbucket.org/svajoklis/pcem/src which is a fork of PCem I did for the kic...