Re: Building a box for old games
- From: Bateau <Bateau-is-a@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:22:17 +0800
"pcgamer" <pcgamer23708@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Tim O wrote:
>
>> Are there any good forums for retro game PC's?
>> I have a P3/933 along with a closet full of old hardware. I was
>> thinking about building a Win98 machine with the combo of a TNT2 and
>> Voodoo 2 for some old stuff like Mechwarrior Titanium, Crusader and
>> early 3D DOS games. I have a ton of old games and hardware, but all
>> the info I seem to find is about getting the abandonware games, not
>> actually finding a resource for old drivers, etc.
>
>DOS almost doesn't have drivers cause in those days
>you "talked" directly to the hardware so no drivers
>were used...
We of #oldgames and #oldwarez think you might be a little bit confused
about that.
So does my config.sys
DEVICEHIGH=C:\SB16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /WIN95 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1
H:5
DEVICEHIGH=C:\SB16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
>so besides the DOS operating system files
>and the memory manager device drivers you need to load
>the only other drivers you need to play DOS games are:
>MOUSE.COM (microsoft driver for a mouse in DOS)
You can get a generic mouse driver that uses less memory at
http://www.oldskool.org/guides/oldonnew/resources
>OAKCDROM.SYS (generic CD-ROM/DVD-ROM IDE DOS driver)
>
>Video does not need device drivers for normal resolutions
>But Sound is the most problematic
>If you are using a ISA Legacy Sound Blaster you don't need
>drivers but you need to set the right enviroment variables
>If you are using a ISA PnP card or a PCI card then you need
>drivers.
>So by far the most difficult thing to make it work under
>DOS is the sound.
>
>And what about if you used new hardware instead of old?
>I would say everything would work under DOS except for the
>sound card, cause Creative stoped supporting their own DOS
>proprietary standard in the their new cards.
>Yes, only a very few minority will use a Audigy or a X-Fi
>in DOS to play games but Creative should maintain at least
>some level of support even if not official, but no their
>own proprietary standard is no longer supported by them.
>I guess we should have trusted other company with the
>standard for sound in DOS games.
DosBox emulates SB, SB Pro, SB16 and GUS.
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