Emulators Contest. Which one is faster in running applications?
Tests were made using MS-Foxpro programming language
Windows 10 / An old laptop (2013)
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Conclusion:
* DOSBox and DOSBox-x cannot compete with vDos and vDosPlus when it comes to applications.
( It would be interesting to test DOSBox-x running applications on emulutated PC's (Windows 3.x, 9x and Me). Would it perform better? )
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* vDos was about 12 to 42% faster than vDosPlus across the different tests
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* vDosPlus has enhanced features and a superior base shell (4DOS - much more powerful than DOS).
It can:
- deal with files outside the mounted drive
- trigger Windows batches, apps and resources
- exchange data with Clipboard (internally or with Windows clipboard and files)
- make use of powerful 4DOS commands, internal variables and variable functions
- handle color setting (millions of colors)
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Why do I appreciate DOS applications so much?
* homemade solutions for everyday tasks
* leisure time programming (presently I am developing many types of text filters and cognitive games, which demand very simple elements (squares, ASCII arrows, colors, letters and numbers).
Fourteen years ago, I was looking for a commercial automation system with all the related features, like statistics, bad-debt control (installment sales), credit risk, payment control etc. The many systems I tested then seemed to me very rigid, designed more to meet the programmer convenience than the user's.
Futhermore, well-fed databases allow us tons of sofisticated analisys and only a homemade program would handle this potencial. Rich, personalized features were not implemented in any of those systems.
At that time, graphic languages obviously already existed, but a modern user interface would only be desirable if accompanied with the simplest syntax and the quickest learning curve possible.
So I ended up choosing MS-DOS Foxpro which is a very simple language, with an amazingly fast database search/filtering.
An apparently unimportant detail that made me choose an old fashion, deprecated language was the ability to keep my hands on keyboard all time (although it also handles mouse-clicking).
With the passing of the years I begin to realize how many things can be done with a so 'simple' tool - infinite.
22 июл 2023
