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[Grinder]

that i don't know. i only know that you can use both cards, but i never thought about the hardware aspect.

[Javaguy]

just partition a drive, and dual boot
what Im doing, mind you I do want to build a special DOS games pc..

[Grinder]

Good for you Javaguy! Please share the specs, parts and everything else! btw, i have just gotten a Sony 24x CD-ROM Drive for my machine. I was very eager not to get anything faster, because i want my machine to be an authentic dos pc.

[Javaguy]

cool
actually, there seems to be a thing bout graphcis card up there..
can you switch between cards on a PC?
I would build an old PC
but I cant, no cash, no way of getting cash.
I just built the PC im on at the moment with parents ?600 so im using any money I get to dos it up
im getting a decent graphics card and dvd drive for new games over christmas, but as I said im also getting windows 3.1 for free so thats good.

my comp specs:

3.0ghz intel p4 ht tech 1mb l2 cache 800 meg FSB
760megs of ram
old geforce 4 FX card
old 40x cd rom drive
200 gig sata drive (2 of which is my 3.1 drive e
31/2 floppy for sim city 2000
intergrated sound
so fun all round
(except for graphics card)

[Jordan]

1.77 ghz intel pentium 4 processor
256megs of ram
160gigabyte hard drive
internet keyboard and optical mouse

Thats my computer

[Grinder]

thanks for sharing. that's all very fast machines. i believe you both use dosbox, don't you? i am now trying to find two 1GB Harddrives for my machine, so if anyone has recommendations or experience in that area, your help is welcome!

[Stebbi]

Originally posted by Grinder@Dec 3 2005, 01:50 PM
Now, about the Specs:

-I was thinking about a Pentium 120 or 133, because of GTA for example.
-Hopefully 16MB RAM should be enough
-two HDs, both approx. 1GB
-An SB 16 or Compaq esa1986 or whatever that thing is called (i had it in my first machine, and it sounded pretty good) Maybe I'll add a Roland MIDI card later
I don't know about the graphics yet, so please share everything you know!

This is all I've got so far, please let me know what you think about it!

a computer for old game's eyy

[The Fifth Horseman]

i am now trying to find two 1GB Harddrives for my machine, so if anyone has recommendations or experience in that area, your help is welcome!

You might be better off looking for a 2GB one then partitioning it appropriately. That is, if your motherboard can handle a HDD of that size.

[Grinder]

it should. 133 MHz Pentiums usually come with a 1-3 GB HDD. I even once had one with 4,6 GB, So that shouldn't be a problem. Do you know a good partitioning programm for DOS (Did i mention i wanted to only use DOS instead of some dos-windows combination?)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Windoze 9x bootdisks - fdisk can be used to format in FAT16, AFAIK.
There should also be something like that in the DOS (or freedos) installer.