First post, by pewpewpew
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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
Soundblaster 16
I've still got MS-DOS and WfWG in storage. I'm using FreeDOS because it looks nicely updated and has a spiff liveCD.
And I actually can't get FreeDOS to install. Everything goes fine but the drive won't boot. I've rechecked BIOS, made sure I remembered the "/s" switch, etc etc, twice. I've reached that charmed point where I'm sure the final revelation will be embarrassing. I'm about to install plain old DOS as a sanity check, but then had to wonder, Why not use it? Just what is the difference for gaming anyway?
The Vogons would know.
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The quick intro: I'm not a proper DOS gamer. Sorry. I'm old enough, having started with the PET, and played tic-tac-toe against a PDP-11. But I didn't get into the DOS era games much, so I'm missing the crucial nostalgia.
It's more like I'm working backwards from a late interest in 90s gaming. PSX, PS2, and W98SE gamebox. Right now I'm looking over the horizon into the DOS era, and I see a few titles that are rather interesting.
Hence "the twins". They're in matching 18" towers, stuffed with whatever may come in handy some day. It's the better bits from the closet pile that finally went to recycling.
My indefensible bias: E1M1 on SB Pro2. The Korg version is just a nice tribute.