Reply 20 of 32, by Violett'Blossom
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wrote:Precisely. I'm the lucky owner of one of those (Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JE SuperSlim Pro)- it's a powerhouse. Its analog output is cry […]
wrote:A bunch of the old Sony Vaio Pentium III laptops have a Yamaha YMF744 soundcard built it. They also have the PC-PCI/SBLink port wired up so you get full DOS support.
Precisely. I'm the lucky owner of one of those (Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JE SuperSlim Pro)- it's a powerhouse. Its analog output is crystal clear, zero noise, and it has excellent DOS compatibility as well. Under WIndows, the DX-G wavetable is one of my favorites.
I also own an Acer Travelmate 603TER, which packs a ESS Solo, also with excellent DOS compatibility, plus an ATI RAGE Mobility AGP which allows for some 3D acceleration under Windows (I can play Half-Life at 640x480 on both OpenGL and Direct3D at a fairly decent framerate).
wrote:I am looking for laptop for win 98 era with sound support for late dos games, since I don't have much space at home at the momen […]
I am looking for laptop for win 98 era with sound support for late dos games, since I don't have much space at home at the moment.And I want something that can play more or less everything without major sacrifices.
I would love if it had these:
Boxy design. 😊
Max 13" TFT screen.
Decent keyboard.
Floppy and CD-ROM combo.
Easy to get replacement parts for (CMOS battery, drives)If you think of any model, I would love to hear it. 😊
The Sony Vaio was an amazing find- but it lacks both a CD and floppy drive. Both were sold as optional, external drives, but I wasn't lucky enough to get any). It packs a 12" screen and very small footprint. The GPU is quite decent for 2D, but no 3D accelelartion support at all. It is a pain to do any maintenance on it, hopefully I haven't needed to do any 😀. The keyboard is not that bad for a laptop of its size. Very boxy 😁
The Acer Travelmate packs a CD drive, but no floppy. It has an ATI RAGE MOBILITY GPU, as I said above, does some decent 3D acceleration for early 97, 98 games. It has a 13" screen, the keyboard feels great (good key travel). Very Boxy 😁
I never thought that acer made some decent laptops, every one I had seemed to be pretty cheaply made 🤣 however those Sony Vaio laptops are pretty neat, I will try to get one of those 😊
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