AlessandroB wrote:

And if i connect to the external monitor, same i did on a desktop computer? I ovecome this problem... when i am on a mobility i have some troble (but work) on my home connecting to the crt made this nice and clear or not?

what you think about the soundcard compatibility? and the excessive CPU Speed?

An external monitor should work just fine!

The sound chip is an ESS-Solo1 which should, in theory, be DOS compatible.

Apparently some people have had issues with the PCI cards under Win98:

Assistance needed for ESS Solo-1 DOS support
Re: Problem with ESS Solo-1 DOS Emulation

Graphics chip is a Neomagic 256AV which should be fine.

henryVK wrote:

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AlessandroB wrote:

And if i connect to the external monitor, same i did on a desktop computer? I ovecome this problem... when i am on a mobility i have some troble (but work) on my home connecting to the crt made this nice and clear or not?

what you think about the soundcard compatibility? and the excessive CPU Speed?

An external monitor should work just fine!

The sound chip is an ESS-Solo1 which should, in theory, be DOS compatible.

Apparently some people have had issues with the PCI cards under Win98:

Assistance needed for ESS Solo-1 DOS support
Re: Problem with ESS Solo-1 DOS Emulation

Graphics chip is a Neomagic 256AV which should be fine.

You know this notebook? Looking this spec, you think was ok for 1992->1997 games? DOS and some win games? Card is ESS Solo-1E

These are the spec: http://users.libero.it/andrea-c/acer_travelmate_517te.htm

Just to give you some idea, these are the games that I remember playing with my 386sx-16 (May 1992-July 1994), 3MB RAM (later 5MB), no cache, Oak 067 512KB VGA (later Trident 8900 1MB):

Wing Commander 1 and 2: Ok
Commanche Maximum Overkill: Barely. We were considering 10-15 fps as normal during those days.
Wolfenstein 3D: Ok
X-Wing: No
Doom: No-no
Sierra Adventures like Larry, Space Quest, Police Quest, etc.: First 2 or 3 versions are ok.
Lucas Adventures like Indiana Jones Last Crusade: Ok
Death Track: Ok
Grand Prix Circuit: Ok
Prince of Persia: 1 and 2 ok
F29 Retalliator: Ok

Basicly, you can assume that few titles from 1992 will be acceptably ok, demanding games from 1991 will not be or barely playable.

AlessandroB wrote:

You know this notebook? Looking this spec, you think was ok for 1992->1997 games? DOS and some win games? Card is ESS Solo-1E
These are the spec: http://users.libero.it/andrea-c/acer_travelmate_517te.htm

No, I don't "know" this machine. I'm just judging by the specifications and what I can find on the forum regarding the ESS Solo-1.

henryVK wrote:

AlessandroB wrote:

You know this notebook? Looking this spec, you think was ok for 1992->1997 games? DOS and some win games? Card is ESS Solo-1E
These are the spec: http://users.libero.it/andrea-c/acer_travelmate_517te.htm

No, I don't "know" this machine. I'm just judging by the specifications and what I can find on the forum regarding the ESS Solo-1.

you, personally, would buy it for the purpose I have?

Depends on the price. In laptops, at least, there are hardly any "ideal" machines for any given time period.

henryVK wrote:

Depends on the price. In laptops, at least, there are hardly any "ideal" machines for any given time period.

15€, but price is not really a problem, goal is to be more compact than a desktop and to play 90% of dos games natively. i know that changing card in a desktop 486 or Pentium give me 100% of compatibility but 90% is enough for me.