The Most Ultimate DOS Machine

[Cr0z2010]

i know it's using MS-DOS but what OS did you use to boot? my guess is 98 or ME but maybe you can make a boot able floppy to boot 2000 just maybe, anyways great video and am just browsing youtube for these vids because am on my way to building one my self just as a hobbie and to test out some old stuff i had in mind so thanks for the upload i love your machine. please send me links of videos of these kind i need help planning my machine abit but thanks anyways!! cheers! from seattle!!

[Blurredman]

@Cr0z2010 The OS I am using to boot is infact MS-DOS, version 6.22. What may make you see different is all the text. Those are the various drivers loading. Like soundblaster, ethernet card, mouse, himem. It purely is software wise not younger than 1993. I may have used various newer drivers which are smaller than default so that I have more memory while running but appart from that...

[remurdereht]

that game you're playing called Wolfenstein or whatever it says looks just like one i used to play called BadToys

[BrainSeepsOut]

DAT REFRESH RATE

[nathan8BIT]

get free-dos it was created when the development of ms-dos was dropped, it has full compatibility and is ms-dos but up to date, faster and even more sick-ass

[Blurredman]

I'd rather use DR-DOS 6, but it's incompatable with Win.

[doktersbaitso]

@Blurredman

There was a fix to make DRDOS 6 compatible with windows in that time.

I used it frequently.

[Blurredman]

@doktersbaitso I know of the fix, but searching for it this day and age, and making sense of what is required in order to implement it is quite frustrating.

[doktersbaitso]

@Blurredman

I just assembled my dosgame computer and will try to get it running with DRDOS 6.0 and windows 3.1.

If I get it to work, I'll tell you. ;)

[Blurredman]

@doktersbaitso Thanks, It will be good for the future reference. I think I'll cope with MS-DOS on this particular machine as I installed it some years ago and alot of things have been built upon it which I don't think I could get back right again If I started over. If I make another DOS machine (which I hopefully will) I will use what you share :)

[ashthepokemonmaster]

shit mine runs ms dos 7.10 and i got heaps of dos games like quake wolfeinstein etc, etc.....

[Blurredman]

whats the advantage of DOS 7??

[ashthepokemonmaster]

idk i might down-grade to DOS 6 or something...

[Dant2142]

@Blurredman It's more or less win 9x minus the GUI.

[Dant2142]

@Blurredman Long file names, NTFS support, a mouse driver that takes a whole of 3K of RAM... CD installation, USB support, Simpler Network drive mounting, Generic Drivers, pretty much 95/98 without the GUI and much better DOS support.

[Blurredman]

@Dant2142

That just takes the fun out of it then eh ;)

[daumantoss]

write the command win in autoexec :)

[Blurredman]

nooo :P

[daumantoss]

@Blurredman why not?

[Blurredman]

because i dont go into windows all the time :)- I may just wanna play one of many games :)

[bamdadkhan]

oh, man, put an @echo off in your autoexec.bat, this looks baaad. :) just kidding.

[Blurredman]

I have put a CLS on the end of autoexec now. Looks better :)

[bamdadkhan]

how i miss the good old times.. dosbox is cool, but nowhere near the real deal. if it's possible, i'd be happy to see more videos of your machine. :)

[Blurredman]

Unfortunately i didn't grow up in those times so i wouldn't know. Yeah i will make some more vids one day. Of the PC itself too. I make visual basic programmes on it sometimes.. :)

[bamdadkhan]

visual basic is not bad, but if you want some hard-core coding action, try pascal (you can find the old borland/turbo pascal all over the net, or just use freepascal). it's a rewarding experience and surprisingly easy to learn.

anyway, :subscibed:

[Blurredman]

I have to learn Java in Uni. I hate it!

I only like VB :) Even if it is slow :P

THanks for the subscribe :)`

[bravo3000pirate]

actually the most ultimate DOS machine is a 486DX4 @ 100MHz

[blurredman2]

yeah, this PC is too young really, most of the card dates are from 96/97.. not old enough for a real dos machine! Thats when you need backplate instead of a mobo xD

[andrkir]

OMG a pc in our class boots the same but it has win XP and it laaaaggsss so badly...lol

[Blurredman]

as i always say, old pc should have an old os :)

[m9078jk3]

Do you have Microsoft Space Simulator?

That was a cool program in DOS.

I have several hundred or maybe a thousand DOS based games.

[Blurredman]

I don't for DOS.

[m9078jk3]

What are the specs for your PC.I think that I have a couple of similar older PC's as yours.I have a 133 Megahertz (AMD) 486 and a 486 that was upgraded with the Intel Pentium O.D. CPU at 83 Megahertz.I also have a AST Pentium 75 megahertz system that I have a lot of DOS games on (I put Windows 95 on it but it originally came with Windows 3.11 WfW.

[Blurredman]

It's acctually a pretty new system for what Windows 3.1 requires.

It is:

Pentium 1, 200Mhz (MMX)

ATI Mach64VT (2MB) - Gets 30Million colours in Win.

128MB RAM

Yamaha OPL3SAx Sound Blaster

So its pretty new really. I actually only got it because I phoned a local place enquiring about a DOS capable PC. Even then I got it free because they were clearing out. Although I did have to buy the LAN Card (3COM 3C905C) cost only a bit

At the time I got it I also put win95B on it. But then changed to 3.11

[nelizmastr]

nice,

I one had a very old pc.. cant remember its type and name

But I know its specs

Pentium® processor @ 70Mhz

64MB of RAM

2GB HDD

Windows 95a

I thought W95a was too buggy, so I Installed W3.11 WfW on it, and IE5 ^^

[Blurredman]

now thats a proper win3.1 machine :D

[nelizmastr]

yup, in 2000 i bought a "New PC" with Windows ME

that was a Intel Celeron 1700Mhz

256MB RAM

32,7GB HDD

XGI Volari V3 64MB graphics card

I upgraded it to XP in 2002, and used it until 2008, then I got the 1 I own now

[Blurredman]

same kind of story as me really.. I inherited my dads old pc in 2006 i think and i used that until christmas 2008 where i baught a new one. the old pc was 6 years old, still have it actually so probably nearly 7 :) it was:

AMD Athlon 1700+ 1.1Ghz

512mb ram

120gb hard disk

nVidia GeForce 5200 128mb, which later got replaced with an 5500 256mb :)

[nelizmastr]

what do you have now then?

my pc now:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz

2GB DDR2 Ram

320GB HDD

NVidia GeForce 8500GT 256MB DDR3 gpu

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

[Blurredman]

At the moment I have an:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ overclocked from 2.2Ghz to 2.4Ghz (Not much, but a better experience when it comes to games)

2GB DDR2 RAM

500GB Hard disk

nVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB DDR2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack Three ( I will 'aquire' a copy of 7, i will never get vista) :)

I am a PC gamer myself so i mainly use my PC for playing games, but i like to record from my stereo (phonograph, tuner, casette player, cd player & amp) aswel as doing homework on it of course :)

[smitethee]

Pentium speeds back then were 60, 66, 75, 90 & 100 mhz.

[Sega32xdude]

AST Moniter?

[Blurredman]

Aye thats correct. I have never seen another one. I used to have two but threw one out. This is an:

AST ASTVision 5N 15" CRT - 1996 - 60 Hertz

[Sega32xdude]

My cousin has one of those, i keep asking if i can have it.

[Blurredman]

It's a nicer design then most other monitors. Nice stripe of blue on the top. Good design

[jjanggukin]

wow. you got AdLib card.

[TGWLEAD]

30 Games - MANY?!!!

I has >80 DOS Games!!!

[lmcgregoruk]

@TGWLEAD 30 Games INSTALLED I think, I had many dos games, but only a 4xxmb hard drive.

[Blurredman]

LOL. i got many great games but it would be too long a video to show them :(

[Druaga1]

Dude INTERNET?!?! Thats OFF THE HOOK! That totally pwnz mine. BUT it would be cool if you could get internet for just DOS =). Wolfinstien and Doom, WAY better exhibition of DOS gaming! Music Player for dos!?!?! thats BADASS! KANSAS! EPIC! Awesome vid dude! Retro forever!

[TGWLEAD]

I has Video player for DOS! Honest! Calls QuickView...