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these cards still have drivers available for download on creative's website for Windows 95 up to windows XP. Get a Creative 'Ensoniq AudioPCI' sound card, if you can find one. It's almost 1 in the morning, i'd better stop myself before i say anything too dumb. So i'd have to use a later version of windows for supported emulators, but then again i'm going to be partitioning everything off. and if i do follow through, i can justĮventually, after loading/bogging the system down with every abandonware game i can find, i'd like to also use the system as an emulation platform. Gets in the way of buying any real hardware, i at least have the games to play in dosbox or whatever. but then again, it wouldn't completely 'be my own work'Īs mammoth of a project this is, at the very least, i'll load a hard drive down with a ton of games before hand. Most likely, as you suggested, i'll just purchase an older system and modify it.

i'll ask you for help if i get stuck)ġ hard drive for storage of files (kind of a 'commons-area' for all of the operating systems.) i didn't put as much thought behind my original post, so here's the revised plan:ġ common hard drive partitioned to multiboot several systems (that will be a challenge, but i'm up for it. this post saved me a good bit of research. Win 95 can cause many issues with faster CPU, have a look this topic viewtopic.php?f=39&t=19496 that is helpful. To make it simple, just get an era computer and do some modifications Win 95 can cause many issues with faster CPU, have a look this topic. you can have a big drive (160 GB are enought) and then partition it to use different systems but the partitioning/multi-boot is not easy ( if you want help, PM me).Īnother thing you don't have to use any SATA drive, because they are not supported, and also USB support may be complicated untill the last version of Win 95. just remember that DOS can see a maximum space of about 2GB, so 1TB is much much bigger. For the hdd it depends on what you want to do. Well, you can use only one floppy controller if you don't use an external controller, this means you have to chose between 3.5' + 3.5' or 3.5' + 5.25' (best) or 5.25' + 5.25' if you want to use old operating systems, you can use only CD (1 or 2), as DVD I don't think are even supported by win 3.11 or 95. More outlandish, I could set up a multi-booter and set up partitions for linux, earlier version of windows, and other Use the system as an overall emulation platform for any system pre CD-Rom. Going back to the processor choice, I could have easily settled on a Pentium, but my long term plan is to also A later model sound-blaster and some generic video card will I think a Pentium II or III would be suitable.

One hard drive for the operating system(s?) and another hard drive (largest possible, 1tb?) for the programs. One with two 3.5 & two 5.25 floppy drives, one DVD burner (two, if I can find a 6 bay case). I've decided on custom building a system. St.alfonzo wrote:Thanks for the responses, guys. Here are a couple of pics - I'd not used the machine for a couple of months so it's a little dusty. P4s started to lose things like the ISA slots, which is a shame as an ISA soundcard is essential! DOSBox is lovely but it can't emulate an OP元 to save its life. If you're looking for a versatile DOS machine that's easy to keep going, I'd highly recommend a Pentium 3-level machine. It's mildly amusing that the 3D stuff using exactly the same technology is finally catching on 12 years later!

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There are also 2x 10GB hard drives, one for Windows 98SE and one for Windows 2000.Īs it's the same machine I used as my main PC back in 1999, it still has all my old DOS games on it, as well as software for the 3D glasses.

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It also has a ZIP drive hooked up to the parallel port. The machine has a DVD drive and a 3.5' floppy - I borrowed the 5.25' drive for another machine. Roland MT-32 hooked up by MIDI (games such as Monkey Island and Ultima Underworld were designed for it)Ĭreative Labs Dxr2 MPEG-2 decoder (as the P3 wasn't quite fast enough to software decode DVDs)Ĭatweasel ISA controller card (to read pretty much any old floppy format you care to throw at it). SB AWE 32 (also have an AWE 64 gold, but the AWE 32 has a proper OP元 on it for Adlib gaming) Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17' monitor (does 120Hz at 1024x768, ideal for 3D stuff) Pentium III 450 'Katmai' (one of the first P3s)ģ20MB RAM in 2x 128 and 1x 64MB PC-100 DIMMSĪsus V7700 Deluxe graphics (Geforce 2 GTS with 3D glasses) Bearing in mind the vast, vast majority of DOS games will run just fine I'd say going for a 486 would be cutting your nose to spite your face - there were some rather good DOS games in later years that really require a Pentium to be at their best (things like Screamer, the driving game).Įlitegroup 440BX chipset motherboard (the 440BX was one of the most stable chipsets ever released) I've got an old P3 I keep running purely for DOS games.

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