Upgrade is the same as full except IIRC it checks for one or two files from the older OS. Been a decade since I did it tho so my memory is fuzzy. I remember keeping the files on a floppy so I could point to them and still do a clean install with my upgrade disk. Awesome. So it's really just a file …

And also another thing. If your pc where you want to install that version, is capable of running win 95/98, you can start by having dos/win 3.xx installed (with it's complete driver package etc ) and then install the 95/98 version on another directory. That way you can switch to the old version by …

Cool. Thanks guys. I shall poke at this with rather more confidence then.

I've got floppies for 3.0, 3.1, and 3.11fwg. Most of them even work. Normally I'd choose 3.11, but I'm learning that Normal isn't always what you'd expect on the Heart of Gold. So, is there any difference for DOS gaming? Actual Windows games will go on my W98SE box, I don't need networking, and …

So if I'm reading right, it sounds like I should switch to the 48. No, I've got that wrong. The games I'm looking at need 486 at most - any penalty for using RAM outside the cache isn't likely to be noticed under a Pentium 200. It's a good heads-up, and thanks for it. I've added it to that …

Pin-outs for each. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_Unit_Interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Attachment_Unit_Interface

Like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_Unit_Interface I've never used one. Have some bits that fit it.

I wonder if I can get another ps/2-based one these days even. I can vouch for IOGEAR's ps/2 version. Same switching by tapping Scroll-Lock twice. Absolutely no troubles on my daily machines, for I guess what must be five years now? Image quality is identical to without, and it's nearly as cheap as …

Markk wrote: For older stuff they have almost anything. Plus you can have usb support. Aha. Hadn't thought of that angle. That makes a lot of sense. After all these years of always needing faster hardware I'm having a hard time 'reversing' my view to see optimums.

1)Just be aware that the TX chipset (unless your board is using a TXPro, then I don't know) can't cache more then 64MB of memory This TX cache limit is new to me. If I'm reading right, then: - having more than 64mb can slow you down if you're using less than 64mb, because some of what you're using …

A little about that from the horse's mouth, but dated 2004 http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/newsitem/166.html

W98SE is imo the best OS for systems with 64MB RAM or less as it added stability and a couple other features compared to W95. Also W98 didn't run that much slower then W95, provided the system has enough memory. Yup. Quite agree on W98SE as the first-choice early 32bit, unless running very low RAM. …

PSU... dang. I didn't swap that when I 'swapped everything'. What a foolish oversight. Good catch. It'd be weird for that to cause a consistent glitch, though. Funky power tends to show up as instability. Still, I'll have to swap that to be complete. Was more thorough about memory. Did memtest, …

Thank you, I feel welcome. Yup, "mid towers" - 18" is one of a couple sizes that was roughly midway between mini and full tower. Had the mini version as well. Quite despised that one. You had to shift the PSU to change memory, but the PSU is in a bizarrely unnecessary socket, so you had to remove …

For casual retrogaming, is there any advantage to FreeDOS over MS-DOS 6? The zombie pair in need of brains: Pentium Pro 150 @ 166 Asus P6NP5 98mb - 2x32 2x16 EDO SIMM 3.2gig Seagate S3 Virge DX Soundblaster Pro 2 Pentium MMX 200 ECS P5TX-Bpro 256mb - 2x128 DIMM 1.6gig Seagate ATI Mach64 GX …