First post, by mr_bigmouth_502
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This is what I use for playing old DOS games like DooM and Terminal Velocity. 😁 Here are the specs:
CPU: AM5x86 133MHz (upgraded from a 486 DX2 66MHz, which was in turn upgraded from a 486 DX 33MHz)
Video Card: 2MB VESA ATI Mach64 (slow, but excellent for true-color wallpapers in Win 3.1 😁)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 CT2230 with a Creative CDROM drive attached to it, a CSP chip in the ASP socket, and nothing attached to the Wave Blaster header (yet)
Motherboard: generic, with a Contaq chipset (It's old, even by 486 standards, and because of this, I had a hell of a time finding a suitable voltage regulator so I could install the AM5x86. 🤣 I'm going to replace it with a more modern Socket 3 motherboard eventually so that I don't have to worry about it bottlenecking the rest of the system anymore)
RAM: 20MB DRAM (don't know what speed)
Hard drives: Two half gig drives (one's actually 1GB, but it's formatted to half-size due to BIOS limitations)
CD Drive: The one that came with the sound card
Any suggestions for better components would be appreciated, though I'm trying to keep everything "old-skool" to ensure the most authentic experience possible. 😀