First post, by tauro
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Hello folks,
I already have a few builds, a high end late DOS computer (P3 1.4GHz) and a mid-90's (P54C 133 MHz).
Now I'm looking to explore the 80's and early 90's with an AMD DXL-66 MHZ (any difference with the DX?).
I just built this:
MOBO: PCCHIPS M919 V3.4 B/F
CPU: AMD DXL2 66 MHz.
RAM: 16 MB FPM (2x 72-pin 8MB modules)
VIDEO: S3 TrioV64+
AUDIO: SB16 2290, MPU-401AT
SYSTEM: WIN 3.11 / MS-DOS 6.22
Contrary to popular experience, I have two M919 (V3.2 and V3.4 B/F) and they are very fast and stable even though they don't have any L2 cache.
Both have 3 PCI slots, IDE/FLOPPY/SERIAL, etc on-board, and a broad range of processor compatibility.
Did some testing with topbench, and this is what I got:
Cache disabled / Turbo
65 10
Cache enabled / Turbo
156 38
According to it's performance table, it means:
10: 8086 @10MHZ
38: 286 @16MHz
65: 386SX @33MHz
156: DX2 @66MHz
Will the 80's games and software work as intended back then? Excluding some Sierra graphical adventures, and some very popular games, I don't know so much about that period. I'm a 90's kid.
Would building a separate older rig make sense for the earlier soft? I have a Racer 286-Rev B / N80286-12 (12MHz) too. Would that be enough or I need to go even further back?
I'm looking for a pretty broad range, I know, but I still want to preserve as much compatibility as possible.
Can you think of any games from the early to mid 90's (pre-Doom) better suited for the P133?
What are your thoughts?