Re: ZVG special pricing

Have you guys considered a "no extra computer monitor/keyboard needed" type
of setup? Perhaps have it so that windows can start ZVGemu automatically
with a menu screen? That might be cool. You just select the game you want
from the control panel.

Just curious.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Bradley" <nb@synthcom.com>
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG special pricing

> > One last question about ZVG. I'm thinking there will be some buyers out
> > there with the assumption that they can throw their old 486 pc in a
cabinet
> > and run ZVG off of it without any issues. From my understanding, the
ZVG
> > will run the best if your PC is at least a PII 600Mhz or better. What's
the
> > recommend hardware or what assumptions should we avoid?
>
> There is no tie in terms of CPU speed and ZVG speed. It'll all depend upon
> the software you're going to run. Note that whatever motherboard you use
> will need to have an ECP capable parallel port to work. Fortunately, if a
> 486 motherboard doesn't do the job, Pentium motherboards are dirt cheap.
>
> The ZVGEmu we will provide will easily run all of its games on a Pentium
> 200 under Windows (though you will have to shut off the rasterization to
> achieve it with the -novideo option when it's launched). ZVGEmu is a
> Windows app primarily because of the difficulty in supporting the myriad
> of video cards, joysticks, and sound cards under DOS. VESA Support has
> gotten considerably worse over the years with everyone's migration to
> non-DOS environments.
>
> -->Neil
>
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