| 13-06-2006 05:16 PM | ||
| The Fifth Horseman | You can use a second, smaller HDD to set up DOS on your current machine. Most middle-era DOS games will work like a treat. | |
| 10-06-2006 03:23 PM | ||
| chainsoar |
Much as I suspected..I've had this pc for a long time, due to being unable to afford a new one. However, I've recently gathered the money to finally invest in a new pc and I'm planning on buying a Dell, probably a Dimension 3100c with 2.8Ghz, 80GB HD and 512mb ram. Plus it has a 17" flat panel monitor. 
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| 10-06-2006 01:53 PM | ||
| Scatty |
QUOTE(chainsoar @ Jun 10 2006, 01:09 PM) [snapback]235613[/snapback] Quote:
You might want to get a second HD or to split the one you have into two partitions and install Windows 98 on the second one. In that one you can play the Dos games without much trouble once you customized the autoexec.bat and config.sys files more appropriate, and play the games in Dos-Mode (Quit Windows - Start in Dos-Mode). Might need an old Soundblaster-default compatible soundcard though, like Soundblaster Live! that has the necessary drivers for the Dos environment. |
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| 10-06-2006 01:09 PM | ||
| chainsoar | My pc is a Pentium 3 - 650mhz, 14.2gb HD and 128mb ram. I know it's crap. But is it too crap to run these games? | |
| 10-06-2006 08:50 AM | ||
| Scatty |
First you would need to tell about your PC's specs, I guess. If it's too slow, no settings in DosBox will help, might you try anything too. Also increasing the CPU cycles above what your PC can handle will slow the emulation down again instead of helping. There's a certain maximum that differs for every computer. |
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| 09-06-2006 09:38 PM | ||
| chainsoar |
I've tried increasing the cycles and it doesn't help. I'm just hoping it's not my pc that's the problem, as I'm not getting a new one for a while yet. I'm having the same trouble with all the games I run on dosbox, even Dune 2 is really slow. Edit: I've changed some of the settings in dosbox.conf and it's running at a pretty good speed now, but I'm still having one problem with it - if I have the frameskip rate set to 0 the picture is all choppy, if I set it to 10 it's slow as hell, and there doesn't appear to be a perfect medium. Any ideas? |
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| 09-06-2006 09:34 PM | ||
| Scatty | In DosBox? Try to increase the CPU cycles to around 7000-8000 with CTRL+F12 and see if that helps. Increase more in case it's not enough (should be enough, though). | |
| 09-06-2006 08:51 PM | ||
| chainsoar | I'm having a similiar problem..I've got the game running fine and I even have music but it's really slow and sluggish, I mean REALLY slow. Any helpful suggestions? | |
| 30-05-2006 05:50 AM | ||
| Guest |
QUOTE(sunkenstate @ May 30 2006, 03:22 AM) [snapback]233145[/snapback] Quote:
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| 30-05-2006 03:22 AM | ||
| sunkenstate | Alright, So I've got u8 running, using Ron Windeyer's patch. However, its pretty sluggish and there is no sound. Any suggestions? | |
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