VPC 5 questions

ulrik

ulrik

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To all fellow VPC users

a) Is VPC 5 also so damn slow on your OS X system? I am still using the drive images from VPC 3, Windows 98 SE. They ran fine under 3 and 4 in classic! Really fine. Under the test drive, it was slow, but now, it's unbearable! I installed the latest additions with no luck. Also, my SUSE Linux 7 install no longer runs! When I boot it, I get an instant Kernel panic. Haven't cared about fixing it, but it can't be a kernel extension problem since I tried booting with a minimal kernel.
Is it just me (and maybe a screwed installation) or is the OS X version of VPC 5 still really slow? Or is this because I don't have a DP Mac?

b) ANYBODY managed to get synchronisation with a Compaq iPaq under Win98SE in VPC5 to work? There is no native Mac software for this, and the existing PocketMac is not finished and still quite buggy.

thanx for the help!
 
Hmmmm weird

1) I use VPC 5 under OS 9 and it seems faster than VPC 4 (especially running XP) -- need to look into how it runs in OS X... I dont have win98 anymore installed though :p

2) Havent received my iPaq yet so I cant help you there :)
 
Yep, you're right!
VPC under X is much slower!
Haven't tried it in OS9, as I have almost no reason to boot in 9 now :)
It's stillusable, but barely. The docs say that you need 400MHz under OSX.
 
I know, I also red the 400 Mhz thing. As you can see in my sig, I should be fine with 867 Mhz, but I have to admit, I don't find it usable! VPC was never as usable as a true PC, and will never be, but in classic, it was possible to do stuff in it (not really work in it but do stuff), but this version really bothers me. It takes three seconds EVERYTIME before the Start-Menu open when I click it! It also takes maybe two seconds then till it is displayed. Well, I will stop complaning, I just expected more and I feel a bit like I wasted money, since I really hoped it would be much faster then the Test Drive...
 
Yes, I read your sig.
my point was that the requirements are different for OS9 and X.

I have a 350MHz G3, and VPC seems to run just as fast as yours... I only use it with 95 though.
 
I can't answer your question but I'm using Boschs and a free dosemulator. With the latest I have very slow graphics.
 
Herve, you always help me with your posts ;)

Sad to hear that stuff about your Dosemulator. It was a nice pal, wasn't it?
 
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