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Dream computer for DOS system (Users)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 27.04.2008, 05:54

> I didn't want such posts. Don't ask why to use a fast computer.
Sorry!! I just meant that it isn't necessarily as compatible if you get too fast. Plus, the tangible disadvantage is more heat generated. I'm not saying speed isn't good, just hey ... we survived all those years ago, so it obviously wasn't that bad! (They landed on the moon with much less than we have today.)

> Is there any SMP support in DOS? Afaik not, so more than one core is
> useless. Fastest CPU is generally a fast (3GHz+) Core2.

Well, even if that's true (which is, AFAIK), it may not be true forever.

> What is the highest amount of memory an extender can use?

CWSDPMI r6 "testing" can supposedly use > 512 MB of RAM. DOS/32A and HDPMI32 can use as much also.

> P4 has higher frequencies, but Core2 (and Athlon too) still beats it.
P4 is pretty much considered "crap", too slow, runs too hot (esp. "Prescott"), needs a big fan. The only saving grace for that was the high clock speeds, and even that tapped out at around 3.8 Ghz (unlike the 10 Ghz Intel originally projected). After that, they went back to the drawing board and extended from PIII to form Core and now Core 2. The latest Core 2 revisions are reportedly even 30% faster than before!

Personally, I'd rather have one with minimal heat / power issues, one that runs as cool as possible with as long a battery life as possible (if laptop).

> Note that I see a lot of "not compatible with win9x" on modern mainboards'
> boxes, even though they still have an IDE interface. I don't know exactly
> what the limitation there is, but it might also apply to dos.
Too much RAM, lack of soundcard drivers?

Hail to himemX.exe to allow run Win98SE on 2GB RAM machine!

> OTOH a lot of modern machines come with Dos. A lot of mobo driver CDs are
> FreeDOS bootable.
Yeah, but my recently new laptop even flashes the BIOS via Windows (unlike this P4 cpu I'm using right now, which needs DOS).

Dell PCs Featuring FreeDOS

My vote would maybe be something small and simple like the ASUS EEE, which is getting lots of buzz lately. Pure power / speed may sound good, but it's probably not needed for ordinary (non-military, non-academic) use.

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/
http://www.osnews.com/story/19684/Review_Roundup:_Asus_Eee_PC_900
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_eee

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