Posted April 18, 2011
A followup regarding PowerPC compatibility in Boxer…
jlg6184: one of my testers has confirmed that Tandy graphics modes are corrupted in Boxer on PowerPCs, which is probably what you encountered. This bug exists in DOSBox 0.73 and 0.74 also, however Boxer automatically configures certain games (such as AGI Sierras) to use Tandy emulation so that's why it happens out of the box.
I'm hoping to fix this bug in the next Boxer update, along with dropping the default CPU speed back to 3000 cycles (which is what DOSBox uses) to improve out-of-the-box performance on PowerPCs.
Once that's fixed, I recommend switching the games back to Tandy mode, as this can provide much better sound.
jlg6184: one of my testers has confirmed that Tandy graphics modes are corrupted in Boxer on PowerPCs, which is probably what you encountered. This bug exists in DOSBox 0.73 and 0.74 also, however Boxer automatically configures certain games (such as AGI Sierras) to use Tandy emulation so that's why it happens out of the box.
I'm hoping to fix this bug in the next Boxer update, along with dropping the default CPU speed back to 3000 cycles (which is what DOSBox uses) to improve out-of-the-box performance on PowerPCs.
Once that's fixed, I recommend switching the games back to Tandy mode, as this can provide much better sound.