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6 years 8 months ago #16 by Poicly
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yeah, i've thought of that, now i need to find a copy of windows 98 :|
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6 years 8 months ago #17 by Martin
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You can legally download it from winworldpc.com/ as its classed as abandonware!
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6 years 8 months ago #18 by Poicly
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ow, thx! i think i will upgrade the ram and then install a fresh copy of windows 2000!
will i be able to combine my 4x 16mb sticks with a single 64mb stick?
and will i still be able to make a dos gaming machine?
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6 years 8 months ago #19 by Martin
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I have no experience with windows 2000 and DOS gaming however a quick google search brings up this forum post...

You have three options with DOS Games and Windows 2000:
1) Disable sound on the games. Most DOS games make direct calls to the sound hardware, and Windows 2000 doesn't allow programs to do this. Sometimes disabling the sound will allow the program to run.
2) Find an updated (non-DOS) version of the game. Some old Games (Doom, etc.) have freeware versions that will allow them to run windowed.
3) Upgrade to Windows XP. XP is supposed to work with DOS games that make direct sound card calls.


The ram combo should work assuming that board supports 64mb sticks, some boards may support for example 128mb max ram but that limit is divided by its total ram slots, so 32mb x 4 slots, however you should be fine with 64mb sticks, maybe just 128mb sticks and larger that would be tricky.
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6 years 8 months ago #20 by Poicly
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I'm currently installing Windows 2000 if all goes well i will try XP. also, i got a problem in total i got 128mb ram installed but in POST it only shows 82mb, i also got a single 128 sdram stick do i need to use that?
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6 years 8 months ago #21 by Poicly
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I succesfully installed Windows 2000 and it works flawlessly, sadly i cant upgrade to XP because i only have 98mb ram :-(
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6 years 8 months ago #22 by Martin
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that's an odd one with the ram displaying less than what it actually is ?

Windows XP should go on machines with 64mb of ram, 128mb is recommended. In my experience Windows XP runs better than Windows 2000 on lower powered machines once you turn off the theme to windows classic and turn of system restore etc.

ive had my Win 98 machine out tonight for a play! :-D
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6 years 8 months ago #23 by Poicly
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yeah, when i use an 64mb stick combined with all the other ram (64mb) it only shows 82mb and when i use a single 128mb stick combined with all the other ramm ( 64mb)
it only shows 98mb

i got a windows xp pro disk but it doesn't work :/ .Do you have an idea where i can get one for free? legally. Also i managed to get internet on windows 2000 :P

oh nice! what games did you play?
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