Have you checked out the MiSTer project? I haven't used this specific 486 core but it's pretty fun for console fpga simulation.
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
You want an emulator, it allows it to cover a lot more ground with just simple tweaks.
Dos doesn't run off an set time clock like modern games it ran off the actual system clock speed.
Because of this some games will run super fast, some not fast enough, this was a problem on 486 (hence turbo buttons) and became even worse when we went to 586/Pentiums, even a P75 can be too fast depending on the game. I once tried playing Wing Commander (1 or 2?) on a newer system (an Athon or C2D) and you basically just died instantly because what should have taken 5minutes happened in 2 seconds.
https://www.vogons.org has some members knowledgeable about building old PCs for retrogaming. You can also check 'the 8-bit guy' on Youtube, as he's pulled out a lot of hardware.
https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
See his videos on old Tandys and PC clones.
I have huge problems playing dosbox on W10, so thought that I could have a Pentium3 pc with win98 and run most games on it, then if I wanted to play some Prince of Persia - play on it on dosbox.Dosbox I believe runs fine on anything prior to Win10 or Win8 or 8.1.
I guess W98 won't have problems with dosbox?
Yes, by w98 I meant Second edition with 3rd service pack of course.I have huge problems playing dosbox on W10, so thought that I could have a Pentium3 pc with win98 and run most games on it, then if I wanted to play some Prince of Persia - play on it on dosbox.Dosbox I believe runs fine on anything prior to Win10 or Win8 or 8.1.
I guess W98 won't have problems with dosbox?
You want to use Win98 SE, not bare Win98, but I'd really recommend jumping to Win2k, it was so much more stable.
DOSemu is 100% better than DOSbox anyways
Tim Sweeney
So I busted out my IBM PC keyboard model M. I wrote ZZT and Unreal Engine 1 on this thing. With apologies to Moore's Law, I gotta say - 1984 was peak keyboard. The code just types out better with these keys.
Build 2 with networking, and you can have real Doom deathmatch, Warcraft 2 probably, etc... Imagine bringing back Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games multiplayer. Master of Orion 2!
Look for HIGHLY compatible cards, 3com is a good one, make sure it's hardware based not software (look for a big wide processor, like an exposed GPU),
Look for HIGHLY compatible cards, 3com is a good one, make sure it's hardware based not software (look for a big wide processor, like an exposed GPU),
That's what we were running back then. Neighbour managed to score about ten used ISA 3-Com cards: we then had a coax cable going between our homes. Two computers at each home, so a little network of 4 computers. We'd play 2 vs 2 Warcraft 2 game day and night: switching home as we'd switch the teams (so that two in the same team could talk while being in the same room). It was convenient to exchangesgamesfiles too.
And the "fun" when you'd forget a terminator at the end of a BNC connector: then we'd have to call the neighbour "my two computers here aren't networked anymore, didn't you forget to put the terminator?
Oh the memories this thread. Probably still have the 3-Com cards somewhere.
Next thing you guys will suggest is scsi raid and a Zip drive for backups.Show Image(https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/laugh.gif)
Of this is a purely dos system make absolutely sure it's "Soundblaster compatible" otherwise you may be in for a hell of a time getting sound to work.
I'd If it's purely DOS, look for Soundblaster 16 (not the Audigy model, which was software based), better still, look for the Soundblaster AWE32. It was the king for a long time.
Hah! This thread reminds me of that one time at work (3 years ago) that someone needed both an Iomega Zip drive and a printer with a parallel port.