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I watched the video and have no clue what qole saw in that.

I calculated this in my head just now, and by seeing that, I figured it's running about 4 fps.

Why not just use VNC and get Windows XP or Vista instead?

I can get about twice the frame rate going in that direction.
 
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Originally Posted by Addison View Post
I watched the video and have no clue what qole saw in that.

I calculated this in my head just now, and by seeing that, I figured it's running about 4 fps.

Why not just use VNC and get Windows XP or Vista instead?

I can get about twice the frame rate going in that direction.
VNC = It's not running on the N900... If you want XP or Vista, don't buy N900..
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I wonder if someone had test running WinCE (for ARM of course)... Is there some "wine" like software for WinCE soft on linux arm
 
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Originally Posted by Addison View Post
I watched the video and have no clue what qole saw in that.

I calculated this in my head just now, and by seeing that, I figured it's running about 4 fps.

Why not just use VNC and get Windows XP or Vista instead?
I installed Windows 3.11 just for laughs and because I have a warm spot for emulation. Also to find out how fast it would be. I have no desire to actually use any type of Windows on the N900 Next I'm going to try some games to find out which ones would be usable without a full keyboard and mouse..

Btw, it became much faster when I set the frameskip to 2 and cpu cycles to max. Still not as good as my first PC, 386sx-16, but anyway, I think pretty impressive for a pocketable computer that has to emulate the whole hardware.

(If one wants to fool around even more, he might install the S3 video drivers into Windows, doesn't Dosbox emulate a S3 video card and might then get some speedup perhaps?)
 

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Originally Posted by toninikkanen View Post
I installed Windows 3.11 just for laughs and because I have a warm spot for emulation. Also to find out how fast it would be. I have no desire to actually use any type of Windows on the N900 Next I'm going to try some games to find out which ones would be usable without a full keyboard and mouse..

Btw, it became much faster when I set the frameskip to 2 and cpu cycles to max. Still not as good as my first PC, 386sx-16, but anyway, I think pretty impressive for a pocketable computer that has to emulate the whole hardware.

(If one wants to fool around even more, he might install the S3 video drivers into Windows, doesn't Dosbox emulate a S3 video card and might then get some speedup perhaps?)
I would never set the cycles to max, it's just a bad idea. But hey, that's me.

If you really want to push it. Go frame skipping 4, cycles between 2600-3000 (someone correct me if I'm wrong about this), and kill off any sound drivers.

You should see a much better performance than the settings you already have.

Anyway, big props for testing this. Most of us wouldn't even bother trying, well, except for qole who seems to be delusional this week.
 

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Originally Posted by meizirkki View Post
VNC = It's not running on the N900... If you want XP or Vista, don't buy N900..
I expect he was thinking of VMware but typed VNC. I suppose that might work ... buy why would you ever want to?
 
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Originally Posted by meizirkki View Post
VNC = It's not running on the N900... If you want XP or Vista, don't buy N900..
Yeah. You're definitely correct on this, meizirkki.

But for a simpleton such as myself, it feels like I am even though I'm just viewing the screen of my home computer.
 
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How about Wine on the N900. Is that even possible? I am sure this has been discussed before in the context of Maemo 4. Does Maemo 5 change the landscape in this area?
 
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Originally Posted by archebyte View Post
How about Wine on the N900. Is that even possible? I am sure this has been discussed before in the context of Maemo 4. Does Maemo 5 change the landscape in this area?
Nope. WINE is still made for running windows x86 software on non-windows x86 machines. The n900 doesn't have x86 but ARM architecture.

The only ways to make x86 programs run on it is to either recompile them for ARM or run them in a virtual machine.
 

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Just saw this - it works quite nicely through the browser and minesweeper works too. How retro
 
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