TI99 emulator maxing-out CPU

shiznannigan

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Sorry if I put this in the wrong forum, I'm kinda new here.

I recently acquired "Classic99", a TI99/4a emulator. It appeard to be working fine for ten minutes, until my laptop shut off abruptly. Aparrently, in my nostalgic euphoria, I failed to notice that this emulator maxes out my processor, to the point of overheating. I'm talkin' 100% CPU usage as long as that emulator is running. Anyone else heard of this problem? Any reccomendations?

FWIW, my laptop is a 2.2Ghz P4 with 512MB of Ram.... I would think that's plenty to handle an emulation of a system that had the processing power of a Maglight.
 

ticktock

He's a Human Tornado
I'm not trying to be mean(which I usualy am)
But whats the point of a TI emulator?
Seriously, I mean come on, isn't a computer just a big and fancy caulculator anyways?
 

onewecallgod

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100% CPU usage is nothing.... all the emulators i've used (zsnes, epsxe, p64) all loaded my cpu up to 100%, even when idle. hell, bootup of windows is about full load....

how long before it overheats?
 

shiznannigan

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The cooling fan went to full blast within 10 seconds of starting the program, and the computer overheated and shutoff within 5-10 minutes. I've seen programs take up 100% of the CPU before, but it usually just spikes that high. When I run the TI emulator, it goes up there and stays there until I close the program. It doesn't even get close to doing this for my NES and SNES emulators.

Any ideas? Anyone?
 

ticktock

He's a Human Tornado
ticktock said:
I'm not trying to be mean(which I usualy am)
But whats the point of a TI emulator?
Seriously, I mean come on, isn't a computer just a big and fancy caulculator anyways?

Ok now I'm going to be mean, Why? If it makes your computer explode, Someone is trying to tell you theres no point to having a TI-Emulator
no games are worth it,
do you have windows?
click Start
go to programs
go to accessories
click calulator
Click view
Click scientific
Now you have a your Damn Scientific Calculator
No need for an emulator!
You can find games like block dude, in color, using google
 

montpics

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ticktock, don't try to flame if you don't like it. Someone take it as nostalgia as they like it in their times, same with the very idea on console/handheld games.

Furthermore there are some emulators about it as well. ;)
>CLICK HERE!<
 

Zach

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By the way

The Ti99/4a IS a fucking computer, not a calculator.

God, do your homework before flaming, son

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