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> DOS emulation is not a very battery-efficient way to play '88-98 games on the go They don't mention the battery capacity or specific 8086 variant used but mo
by AshamedCaptain 3y ago
> DOS emulation is not a very battery-efficient way to play '88-98 games on the go
They don't mention the battery capacity or specific 8086 variant used but modern ones use to average 2W of consumption; there are zero power saving modes; and the guy even says that when using 8087 the mini-laptop must "be plugged in all the time".
So I rather doubt real hardware is the most efficient way, specially when e.g. with virtualization you can easily have 20+ hours of DOS on a subnotebook.
- chem83 3y ago20+ hours playing games with audio support on a VM? I’d love to see that kind of performance on, say, the GPD Win 4, but it sounds exaggerated. Where could I find this?