DOS Games Discussion

I tried with a PCI-Motherboard an I put inside a Matrox Millennium PCI with 4 MB of memory... the results were better, but Big Red Racing was still very slow. Then I tried with a S3 Trio 64V+ with 2 MB and the games ran quite well but, again, Big Red Racing was quite slow. The minimum requirements s...

Thanks a lot. I have replaced the integrated battery with another, similar to the batteries that you can find in watches, and now the bios is still keeping the information.

Thanks, i used an ISA controller, but now the BIOS doesn't keep the informations. I must use an external battery. I will connect 2x 1.5 Volts - 2350 Ah batteries. I will see if it works.

Has anybody got a 386??? I live in italy... if someone lives in europe, i will cosider buying a 386-CPU with motherboard!

Try to understand me: I'm italian, my English is not as good as I wanted... I'm sorry. I edit the message.

In your opinion, is there any way to make Big Red Racing work on my DX-4?

At the moment, I'm using an Intel 486 DX-4/100, with 40 MB RAM, 2 GB WD HDD, Sound Blaster AWE32 (very, very long!), 56K modem and a Cirrus Logic GD 5428 Vesa video Card (1 MB ). Duke Nukem 3d, using a better resolution than 320x200, runs quite slow. Big Red Racing, also, runs at very few frames per...

I used 32-bit colour with a Maxtrox G200 with 8 MB of memory.
I used 16-bit colour also with a S3 Trio64V+ with 1 MB of memory without any problems.
So in my opinion it is'n possible that i cannot set my ET4000 at least at 65000 colours.

This evening I will try it. My TSENG ET4000AX is better than an integrated Cirrus Logic?

Both of them have 1 MB of video memory... The Cirrus can use 16-bit colour but the Tseng doesn't go over 256 colours. Is there any way to make true color working?

I have a Super-dos machine: AST Bravo LC/66D, with cpu changed, i486DX4/100 MHz, 48 MB EDO RAM, 4 GB HDD, video Cirrus integrated (1 MB) and Sound Blaster 16 Value (non PnP). I also have modem, which gives me the possibility to surf the web with Windows 95. I tried to use Duke Nukem 3D... the game r...

And what about video card? The integrated-Cirrus Logic video card isn't too bad for dos games, but the Motherboard has got a Vesa local bus slot not used. If i put in a VLB card, will I notice better performances? If not, which ISA video card would you suggest me to put in?

So, in your opinion, the motherboard is broken, in some ways... well, I will throw it away! Turning off the fdd is impossible, because the System BIOS in the Prolinea models is installed on the HDD!!!

While my 386 Compaq isn't available, I built another dos-machine. Here is its configuration: AST Bravo LC 4/66d: i replaced the CPU and the HDDs i486DX4- 100 MHz 48 MB EDO RAM 1,2 GB Conner HDD; 2 GB Samsung HDD; Sound Blaster Pro 2X CD-Rom conected to the Sound blaster pro video cirrus logic 1 MB i...

Hi, there is a problem on my Compaq ProLinea 3/25zs, with a i386SX-25 MHz CPU, 4 MB RAM and HD Quantum 540 MB. When turning on the system, the monitor views the video BIOS and system BIOS information, and then shows "601-Diskette controller error". I tried everything, from changing the FDD...

I tried to watch many DiVX with Windows Media Player 7, 9, BSPlayer, VLC e MPlayer. but with all the results were very bad. If I use QuickView, the images go fast, but every 2 or 3 seconds, the video stops and goes on after a bit... I tried to preload sound, i solved the problem, but I had to wait a...

If I use a 386-SX, could I try to use Windows 95?

So, I have to choose a motherboard with a 386DX built-in. Am I right?

Very good!! But I don't know which socket should I choose... could you help me, please?

I have also Windows 98, but I would prefer windows 95 because is faster on my PC.

I want to build a 386 PC. But... what socket shall I use? I'm trying to find a motherboard for it, but I actuallt don't know if socket 2 and 3 are correct: if I correctly remember, the socket 2 and 3 were for the 486 cpu. Again, will Windows 95B run on a 386DX-20 MHz, 16 MB RAM, 1 GB SCSI HD, and 2x...