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[The Fifth Horseman]

okay, swap racks might be complicated, but I definitely favoured 2 hard drives over one partitioned HD.[/b]

The racks also have one added advantage, though making full use of it can cost quite a bit.

Each rack must be connected to a separate IDE channel, and drives present in both must be jumpered as Master. In the machine's BIOS, set primary and secondary master drives to autodetect.

What do you get? Well, of course swapping the drives will swap the system that boots up. No worries about multiboot, no nothing.

But, if you get a third rack and install it in a 5,25" USB enclosure, you can use that combination to quickly - and very conveniently - transfer data to and from the oldschool unit to your modern computer, including creating complete backups of its drives with whatever drive imaging software you have installed on your modern machine (like Paragon Exact Image that I'm using).

[haakjay]

Im wondering if FreeDos is any good for Dos games or does it run another way?

I got a genuine Soundblaster 16 card :P:P:P

[The Fifth Horseman]

Should work for most of them.

[win98]

On my one im trying to build, I have found an old S3 Trio64V lying around at my place. Anyone know if these are any good for dos systems? Also about that OEM soundcard im planning on going to a computer shop I know of when it repoens later this summer to see I they have any old ESS 1887 because you guys are saying they are3 good and im not to good at soundcards for dos and I wasnt sure about the videocard I found lying around.

[haakjay]

How about jus running a virtual pc with Dos on?

Thanks The_Fifth_Horseman

Do you really have to worry about graphics cards?

[Grinder]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DLoTTn @ Jan 4 2007, 08:55 PM) [snapback]273325[/snapback]</div>

How about jus running a virtual pc with Dos on?

Thanks The_Fifth_Horseman

Do you really have to worry about graphics cards?
[/b]

In my opinion, a custom DOS PC is the only real choice. I've grown
tired of readjusting cycles and frame rates on each and every game.
Also, this thread is about building a PC, not setting up a virtual one,
so the answer to your question would be 'Yes, we do, and we have to
worry about a lot else'.

[HomerDOHSimpson]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Henning @ Jan 5 2007, 02:04 AM) [snapback]273356[/snapback]</div>

I've grown tired of readjusting cycles and frame rates on each and every game.
[/b]

You can create for every game a custom .conf file. And if i remember right you had configure problems in old dos too. Not every game runs with the same settings. And i think you are faster with a .conf file instead of making every time a boot-disc.

[Grinder]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HomerDOHSimpson @ Feb 4 2007, 08:57 PM) [snapback]277990[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Henning @ Jan 5 2007, 02:04 AM) [snapback]273356[/snapback]

I've grown tired of readjusting cycles and frame rates on each and every game.
[/b]

You can create for every game a custom .conf file. And if i remember right you had configure problems in old dos too. Not every game runs with the same settings. And i think you are faster with a .conf file instead of making every time a boot-disc.
[/b][/quote]
Sounds neat!
So what kind of stuff would I put in these .conf files and how do I assign the various files to the various games so that DOSBox knows which one to use?

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Henning @ Feb 10 2007, 08:04 PM) [snapback]278740[/snapback]</div>

Sounds neat!
So what kind of stuff would I put in these .conf files and how do I assign the various files to the various games so that DOSBox knows which one to use?
[/b]

Use multiple shortcuts to DosBox executable and command line options to make them use different config files.
You can use that to run specific games or simply start DosBox with a different configuration.

[The Fifth Horseman]

On my one im trying to build, I have found an old S3 Trio64V lying around at my place. Anyone know if these are any good for dos systems?[/b]

If I remember the specs, they used to come with 1 or 2 MB of RAM... Should be good.

Also about that OEM soundcard im planning on going to a computer shop I know of when it repoens later this summer to see I they have any old ESS 1887 because you guys are saying they are3 good and im not to good at soundcards for dos and I wasnt sure about the videocard I found lying around.[/b]

Computer stores usually don't have such old gear. Better look for second-hand trades.

Do you really have to worry about graphics cards?[/b]

To a small degree, but it's not critical.