First post, by Almoststew1990
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I've got an itch to play DOS games to experience the genesis of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Duke Nukem 3D on a real DOS machine. I've built a fairly standard Windows 98 PC (Slot A 800MHz, SBLive, TNT2/Voodoo 3 2000) and had a go at installing and running these games through DOS within Windows. This worked, sort off (rubbish video of some gameplay below)
Basically some CPU bound games play too fast, the Soundblaster Pro / 16 emulation seems quite off (for both OPL2 and 3) and and some games wouldn't install at all (although of course the shareware versions I downloaded may be tinkered with). So I want to build a DOS machine! And here is where I need your help:
Should I go with Slot 1 and put a 233 (which I think is the slowest CPU) in it? This would be preferable as I have built a few of these now and can they use ATX powersupplies and cases, PS/2 keyboards and mice, support AGP cards and I have a few coolers hanging around if the CPU doesn't come with one Or would a PC this modern this lead to compatibility issues?
Should I go with Socket 7 and put something like a pentium 100 in it (maybe 166MMX)? I don't have any experience with this era of hardware, can I get an adapter to make my ATX PSUs work with the older style? Would a 166MHz CPU / PCI graphics and 32MB RAM give me maximum compatibility but also smooth framerates?
Should I go "fully retro" and make a 486 (not even sure what socket this is), or would that then be too slow for DN3D etc