🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:56:46 GMT, "Doug Cook" <dcook@concentric.net>
wrote:

>Hi,
>I have 2 old Toshiba laptops, and I'd like to dedicate one to running old
>DOS games - mainly Descent 1 and 2.  The first laptop has a P100 and 40 MB
>ram.  The second has a P120 and 32 MB ram.  Which is more important,
>processor or memory? 

Memory is important, but 32MB is more than enough for Descent 2.  You
will need processor power instead (P120 should be okay), but may opt
for the slower speed one if you have too much trouble with homing
missles - assuming 20Mhz is going to make a difference. :)

> I'm hoping that one or the other would be more than
>sufficient.  They both currently have Win98 installed.  Is Windows DOS
>workable, or should I install DOS 6?  

Windows DOS works okay - you can reach it through a few tricks that
are possible.

> Also, can someone please post the most
>effective autoexec.bat and config.sys files for running descent.  I've
>forgotten more about DOS than I'll ever remember.  Thanks.
>Doug

Usually, the default autoexec.bat and config.sys should work without
problem.   Just make sure you load your mouse driver and ensure your
sound card is configured to work correctly under DOS - other than
that, there is nothing special to worry about.