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Can KT133 motherboards run msdos?
- Thread starter jae87
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almost anything can run DOS.
As for 3.1, interesting question. I never tried it.
As for 3.1, interesting question. I never tried it.
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as stated above, basically anything can run dos. anything that has a harddrive detected by the bios that is; ie. not a raid controller.
can it run win 3.1? sure can.. fast enough you wont even see the splash screen.
have fun!
can it run win 3.1? sure can.. fast enough you wont even see the splash screen.
have fun!
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Well, you may run into some difficulty with drivers for some things, but any basic hardware that meets the specs in use during the DOS days will probably be ok, at least in a basic mode.
Modern grapics cards, sound, modems and anything that says it requires Win98 or better is likely to be a problem.
Many chipsets (at least a few years ago) can run ok with generic drivers although speed enhancements won't work.
The last system I ran DOS on was a 900mhz TBird, quite a few years ago.
Fastest OS I have ever seen.
Modern grapics cards, sound, modems and anything that says it requires Win98 or better is likely to be a problem.
Many chipsets (at least a few years ago) can run ok with generic drivers although speed enhancements won't work.
The last system I ran DOS on was a 900mhz TBird, quite a few years ago.
Fastest OS I have ever seen.
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^^ Finding device drivers will be difficult, but all x86-compatible computers are capable of starting up into real mode and executing MS-DOS. Using tricks, or trying games or graphics, would require drivers, and sometimes, they just don't exist.
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video shouldn't be an issue since most things that run in dos need very little video power. sound might be a problem unless you get something simple like a sound blaster 16 as they run fine in dos.
for a modem you would most likely have to find an external serial modem or an interal that still lets you manually choose what COM port they run on. hard to find anymore.
ethernet isn't too hard if you stick to older technology. a lot of the 3com cards have dos drivers.
for a modem you would most likely have to find an external serial modem or an interal that still lets you manually choose what COM port they run on. hard to find anymore.
ethernet isn't too hard if you stick to older technology. a lot of the 3com cards have dos drivers.
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EMM386 is a device driver used by DOS/Win3.1 and Win95 for a few purposes:
1) Loading TSRs and Device Drivers high to preserve conventional memory (0-640K is conventional RAM, 641K-1024K is the Upper Memory Area, originally used for ROM, RAM on perhipheral devices, and memory-mapped input output. Terribly inefficient, since most of that space was actually unused.)
2) Running applications (Windows 3.1 and 95) above 1MB in Extended Memory.
1) Loading TSRs and Device Drivers high to preserve conventional memory (0-640K is conventional RAM, 641K-1024K is the Upper Memory Area, originally used for ROM, RAM on perhipheral devices, and memory-mapped input output. Terribly inefficient, since most of that space was actually unused.)
2) Running applications (Windows 3.1 and 95) above 1MB in Extended Memory.
