Also the latest version of PCEM uses VHD's now instead of whatever weird format they previously used for your virtual hard disk. That means it's compatible with virtualization programs like Oracle or VMware which sadly sucks compared to PCEM.
Why can't Oracel or VM have a passthru to use my actual graphics card for the 3D XP era games?
VirtualBox (Oracle) should have the guest additions thing to allow it to leverage your GPU. I remember having to play some stuff that way. Not sure about VMWare, never used it much.
It just lets you drag and drop so your not stuck with ISO's. PCEM actually emulates the BIOS of the chip itself so PCEM thinks it's an actual computer running in your computer NOT a virtual machine. It can emulate Voodoo 3 now. Makes Midtown Madness more fun and childhood educational games more crisp.
The Guest Additions offer the following features: ...
Better video support. While the virtual graphics card which Oracle VM VirtualBox emulates for any guest operating system provides all the basic features, the custom video drivers that are installed with the Guest Additions provide you with extra high and non-standard video modes, as well as accelerated video performance.
In addition, with Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris guests, you can resize the virtual machine's window if the Guest Additions are installed. The video resolution in the guest will be automatically adjusted, as if you had manually entered an arbitrary resolution in the guest's Display settings. See Section 1.8.5, “Resizing the Machine's Window”.
If the Guest Additions are installed, 3D graphics and 2D video for guest applications can be accelerated. See Section 4.5, “Hardware-Accelerated Graphics”.
In addition to drag and drop, mouse integration, etc etc. It's not the same as running native but if you're running Diablo 1 or something similar it should give you plenty of GPU go-juice to work with.
Just curious: anyway to send my preconfigured VHD to you for Win 98 to try on PCEM in case you ever want to give it a spin? Since it's VHD now I wonder if it will also work with Oracle?
Also the latest version of PCEM uses VHD's now instead of whatever weird format they previously used for your virtual hard disk. That means it's compatible with virtualization programs like Oracle or VMware which sadly sucks compared to PCEM.
Why can't Oracel or VM have a passthru to use my actual graphics card for the 3D XP era games?
VirtualBox (Oracle) should have the guest additions thing to allow it to leverage your GPU. I remember having to play some stuff that way. Not sure about VMWare, never used it much.
That just lets you drag and drop which I have done.
It just lets you drag and drop so your not stuck with ISO's. PCEM actually emulates the BIOS of the chip itself so PCEM thinks it's an actual computer running in your computer NOT a virtual machine. It can emulate Voodoo 3 now. Makes Midtown Madness more fun and childhood educational games more crisp.
The Guest Additions offer the following features: ...
Better video support. While the virtual graphics card which Oracle VM VirtualBox emulates for any guest operating system provides all the basic features, the custom video drivers that are installed with the Guest Additions provide you with extra high and non-standard video modes, as well as accelerated video performance.
In addition to drag and drop, mouse integration, etc etc. It's not the same as running native but if you're running Diablo 1 or something similar it should give you plenty of GPU go-juice to work with.
Just curious: anyway to send my preconfigured VHD to you for Win 98 to try on PCEM in case you ever want to give it a spin? Since it's VHD now I wonder if it will also work with Oracle?