wondering about the ideal dos computer
wondering about the ideal dos computer
What computer is best for dos. Keep in mind that i own a lot of games from 1987 and older for Atari so i am not going to install games that are from 1987 and earlier except for text games and strategy games. I want to know what would work best for dos. I like dos games from 1994-1998 and HATE most games from 2001-2006.
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The best configuration:
486 Processor at 100 MHz
16 Mbs RAM
video... it doesn't really matter but say... 2 Mbs
Windows 95 or pure DOS
You truly don't need a HDD that has more than 1.5 Gbs
And a CD-ROM drive would be great with this system
486 Processor at 100 MHz
16 Mbs RAM
video... it doesn't really matter but say... 2 Mbs
Windows 95 or pure DOS
You truly don't need a HDD that has more than 1.5 Gbs
And a CD-ROM drive would be great with this system
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I would like a computer with windows 95 and a 486 dx seems to be a great computer. I am playing some dos games with high reqirements though so i think a 166 mhz is the ideal computer. I love lighthouse. Lighthouse has recently became my favourite game.My favourite game changes every day. 1 day i may love a game and the next day i may hate it. Lighthouse is not one of those games though.
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I believe any PC is capable of running a DOS game, nobody said that new computers can't run DOS, you could make a new computer with all the nuts and bolts, buy an External Floppy Drive insert a Windows 98 start-up disk, and create a 30 GB Fat32 partition. Once created change BIOS settings to start using CD, insert a Windows 98 CD and install. (of course Windows 98, does support dual monitors or some graphics accelerators, so I would preferably use onboard (most motherboards come with this except ones with PCIe.)
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I had a crazy idea for a dos computer what if i installed windows 98 on my xp and used virtual pc tp run windows 98. I could use dos box, windows 98 and virtual pc and even moslo. I can always buy a soundblaster pro or use vmd sound. I would probaly be able to run every last dos game ever.
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[duh] Of course... As I said before, should I own a 5GHz PC with 1.5-2 GBs RAM and 1 GB video(thus high-end) I'd give 30 Gigs of my HDD just for Virtual PC and the win 98 games.
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The problem with new generation computers (post - 2000) is the way they allocate Address, IRQ's and DMA for the onboard or PCI soundcards - in PURE DOS. You don't get the "standard" values required by DOS games.
A few years ago I gave up on using my new computer for DOS games. In pure Dos the onboard sound was unusable, a PCI Ensonique had poor perfomance, and emulating in XP was hust to damn slow.
So, I dedicated a DOS-only machine (PI233, 64RAM, SB AWE32) to dos gaming.
A few years ago I gave up on using my new computer for DOS games. In pure Dos the onboard sound was unusable, a PCI Ensonique had poor perfomance, and emulating in XP was hust to damn slow.
So, I dedicated a DOS-only machine (PI233, 64RAM, SB AWE32) to dos gaming.
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