Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20180306194146

Mmmm, nothing like getting a few extra days off due to a national holiday. It was ncie while it lasted.

Oh, you've tried PCem - I hope you enjoy the experience. Depends on what OS you are using, of course. I've tried pretty much all of them, most work fine, a few are tougher to crack... but eventually, they do crack. I am crazy enough to keep trying to get them to work. I've tried everything up to Win XP, which seems to be the pinnacle of PCem's current capabilities.

Clunkiness depends on what version of DOS you're using, of course. If you use one of the latest (6.00 or higher), it's pretty decent. It even has a nice utility to quickly and easily optimize your memory usage (the cornerstone of successful DOS gaming). But if you use something older, things start to get nasty. The lowest version I've tried is 3.30 and it's quite dreadful even for a seasoned oldschool guy like me - doesn't even have an installer, it has to be set up manually.

What OS exactly are you using? Most of the time it's driver issues - it could be the wrong version, or it might not load properly when the OS boots. The main reason I find DOSBox more user-friendly than real DOS is that you can easily change all settings from a single config file (and sometimes even while the program is running). With actual DOS you'd often have to play around with CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, without being sure if your changes will be successful... or if they'll utterly ruin the whole system. CD drivers are among the trickiest - lucky you! I think I have some CD drivers for DOS in my archives, perhaps it can help. Tell me if you're interested.

Obviously, DOSBox's other big advantage is that you don't have to bother with drivers.

P.S. BTW, I don't usually get lag with Quake in DosBox, so I suppose it's something to do with your settings... or the peculiarities of Daum. With the latest SVN builds, it runs pretty smoothly at 1024x768 on cycles=auto.