You definitely have the best approach to presenting retro computing I've seen. It might be the attention paid to midi & sound that I resonate with most. I just love it. My veins are 5 pin din cables. :)

I had just given up on a CF card I had hooked up to a 386 machine I'm building when I got reminded by you of the "fdisk /mbr" command! It's booting now :)

How can you not love doing this? That's why I love doing retro!

Wow! A blast from the past! Thanks for this.

Thanks so much for posting this!!! I had wanted a dedicated DOS machine for some time, as PC-compat. MSDOS has always been my favorite platform for games. However, I knew a lot of earlier DOS games are speed-sensitive, and I don't have the space to get a 386, 485, and early Pentium to cover it all... so this video was really informative! I was able to track down all the parts I need to build something very similar to what you show in your video, so thanks again!!

Videos like these remember my first 'gaming' pc: Athlon 550MHz SlotA, 384MB PC100 RAM, 4.3GB Quantum HD + 20GB Seagate HD, Satellite 300W PSU and a Savage 4 16MB which I later updated to a Geforce MX4000 and managed to get Windows XP, instead of Millenium.

Thank you once again Phil.👍

Hi Phil! Once more a very good video, great explanation of all the stages in order to make this build. Thank you for your hard work. Regards from Portugal

Lifelong Amiga user just getting into and building an ms-dos rig. Enjoyed your video, right up to the Xenon2 music. PAULA please forgive me!!!

Back in the old DOS days, I used to have this DOS utility / diagnostic software called CheckIt. What was really cool about it was that it had a clock speed benchmark built into it. For all the systems I ran it on below a 486 DX2/66, it very accurately reported the actual clock speed of the processor based on benchmarks. The old software didn't recognize anything above a standard 486 DX CPU though, so what ended up happening was it would benchmark the CPU and then report it as a 486DX running at whatever MHz that specific CPU would have to run at in order to match what was actually benchmarked. For example, my AMD K5 CPU running at 233MHz ran at (according to CheckIt for DOS) somewhere around a 486DX at 2,000 MHz. (It wasn't exactly 2k MHz, but it was around that number. It was really cool because it basically told you what speed a standard 486DX would have to run at in order to match the speeds that the system being tested was actually putting out. I may have a copy of that old program somewhere on my server. I'd be happy to share it with you if you'd like to test the different settings and see exactly what MHz equivalency you're getting.

I love all of this,.. This is just what i am looking for... Nice video ,,, love it...

Thanks for the Drivers and all your website files / info. Getting a p4 2.6 to conform into a Win98 / dos powerhouse is quite the task. Especially with no wifi drivers for my ASUS USB-N13 300Mbps 11n Wireless dongle lol

really complete video. Nice job!!

Awesome video! Thank you very much for this ;) Cheers!

How did you get that power button? Or is any new power buttons from the nowaday case are fine to use?

Will this 3 in 1 build work on a regular socket 7 or does it have to be super socket 7?

Would it be okay to use a Pentium 200 or 233 mhz ? Can you still slow these down to a 386 ?

Im feeling that music bro.

Nice. Thank you. How you record screen (for example from games) at old PC? In dark by cam(GoPro)? thx :)

Hi Phil, it would be cool to see what configuration I have to do one the DOS game side in order to configure midi out.

Quick question, why didn't you just xcopy your driver folder to C Drive? It would have saved you a few steps. Just curious.

Nice video man

hi,., just wondering where you can find these files for the disks, like dos boot disk and the games your using. ? great video, thanks

2:40 Man where is the time you had to put the jumpers correct for the pc to boot..

I need one of those mobo mounting plates!

I'll try it

As usual, very professional material with lots of useful information. The monitor in the movie is ASUS VB178TL? I am looking for the best LCD 1280x1024 17-19 "for a retro PC. I have a Samsung 757DFX CRT 17 "but it's already old and can end its career at any time. 24 "1080p EIZO 2333 IPS is suitable for retro medium. Which will be the best choice NEC 1770NX, ASUS VB178TL or maybe such a brand new EIZO S1934?

I am wondering: if to disable CPU and MB cache a Pentium will turn into 386. It means its higher frequency and better architecture bring no gain?... Any idea why? And via versa: for Dos games 386 tacted at 166mhz would be faster then Pentium (caches disabled) true?

Pentium 133. Maybe The best compatible Retro CPU for 1987-1997 DOS games. That CPU runs rock solid, very cool(with a fan), and the option to slow it down to a 386@40-ish, is a great feature. But the authentic choice should be a PCI Graphics card. Something like a TSENG ET 6000, a S3 Virge 4GB. Or if you're lucky... The first Matrox Millenium! (everybody's dream card back in the days)

Hi Phil would my PII 400 be to Fast for this Type of Setup? have Found a Pentium bundle on Ebay for £40 maybe i should go for it?

Not entirely sure how that works.... but could you ad the SBboost.bat file to be triggered by autoexec?

What's the 2nd song playing in your video? Its super catchy!

Heard Gotek floppy emulator as "Goat-tech floppy emulator" and had a sensible chuckle.

Ahhh... the good old days of DOS gamming.

What hardware are you using to record the old machines? a vga to hdmi converter and then one of the gaming capture cards? I haven't had much luck recording the VGA text modes with my cheap hdmi grabbers.

The real shit begins at 6:48, but a pretty good introdution nevertheless Phil :D Back in 1996-1999 i had the exact same BIOS, thanks for taken me back in time yet another time :)

Funny.... My Shuttle HOT 555-a version 3.2 died yesterday, so I moved all the parts to a FIC PA-2013 board. So now I have a computer like this, just with a P-166, 16mb Ram and Number Nine S3 Virge. Same soundcard though. Great work on this video.

Hey Phil. I'm interested in trying something like this. Can it be done with a standard Socket 7 mobo, or is a Super Socket 7 required to turn off the caches?

seeing as the different systems are basically different bios setting in this case, you can actually have 3 physical BIOS chips and switch between them using a switch on the front of the case.

Hello Phil, first of all, I wanna thank you for such a complete video, the memories come to me right away. I'd like to know where can you find all the components (mobo, cpu, video and sound cards). I'm doing a search of the motherboard in ebay but can't seem to find it. I'd love any information you can provide. Thanks a lot! :D

What's is the first music track in the video ?

5:47 My first thoughts were: "weren't those the guys that made Bubsy?"

Which motherboard are you using?

how are you video capture the game play?

Is there a part list?

Did you make the pc speaker to awe cable yourself or can you purchase it somewhere? (If the former, what type on connector did you go with?)

Do you know why it is that a Pentium or K6 with disabled caches is comparable to a 386? It seems like 133MHz is so much faster than a 40MHz 386, which is already too fast for some earlier 386-optimized games. Or is the Pentium with no caches more similar to a 386 with a motherboard cache?

Very nice and informative :-) Will this work with an AMD K6-III+ or will this strictly work with a P1 133mhz?

is it bad to have your speaker that close to the hard drive?

I still can remember how hard i hated the jumper on the IDE cd drives and IDE harddisks. SATA so much easier today :D

Love this! Could an IDE > SD (or CF adapter) be used as a replacement for the IDE HDD?

You may have answered this in the past, but what are some video cards that you would recommend for a DOS build? I'm piecing together a DOS 6.22/Windows98 build (dual boot) and have a spare ATI Radeon 9550 AGP. If it works, great. Otherwise, I would like to get something that will be as compatible as possible whilst still performing well. Oh, and I'll be using an AMD Athlon 700mhz Slot A CPU. I suppose that I'll need to under clock it for older games. Thanks!

But why use a PATA drive instead of Compact Flash or SATA (either one using an adapter).

For my taste it was perfect that you only played music when you're not talking. Do you know if Wing Commander and Test Drive 3 are already to fast on a 486 SX33?

Hey Phil, I have a question for you. I recently got a PC-CHIPS M570 motherboard which reports to have 1024KB of pipelined burst L2 Cache. I'm not completely sure why, but in my Win 98 SE installation I don't seem to be using this L2 Cache at all (I checked with Everest software). I installed Rainbow Six and a couple of other games and they run and look like ass. Is there a way to force Windows to use all this L2 Cache from the Motherboard? As a note, I have internal and external Cache enabled in my BIOS.

Man, jumper settings rather than BIOS settings, I remember those days.

Now I want to play Theme Park again. I have not played that for so many years.

What's the second game he plays??

Great Video, I find myself using a Pentium II for most of needs, since ironically from what I heard Pentium II has Better DOS Emulation than Pentium did not sure if that's true or not, but for main part it's because I can use USB Ports on back to Transfer Data which is awesome ( Yes , MS-DOS Supports USB 1.1 , It was some Ghetto Drivers from Panasonic or something but it works) I do have Pentium Board with USB on it, but its running Windows 95 kinda would like to leave it that a way

What motherboard did you use? And what type of RAM? (DDR, DDR2...)

Hey Phil, have you wondered about getting DOS on a modern machine like yours? And if it can get installed, can you test Wing Commander and Test Drive 3? It's gonna be like the speed of light! :D

Hi Phil, is there any chance to get the MS-DOS starter pack with the bootmenu? The link doesnt work anymore. Secondly i will say you do a great job with your Retro PC Videos. :) I like it so much! Thank you and best regards...

Utilizing a isa 386 isa 486 daughter board, with a Pentium main motherboard?

did you run theme park in svga mode? It looked like it was in vga mode (I could be wrong)

how does this old stuff look so clean? did you buy it brand new? or did you just cleaned it if yes how?

just spent 10mins tryin to fit a stick of ddr memory in to slot cos i never seen a ddr2 stick that looks like a ddr1 stick b 4,all ddr 2 sticks i have seen have small memory modules on them this ddr2 stick has long ones like ddr 1 never had one before????team 1gig ddrII 533mh

both caches on - Pentium CPU cache disabled but external cache on - 486 both caches disabled - 386

Did old CPU's like the one you were using in this video require thermal paste?

Ok. I already have a SS7 board, a K6-2 500, Ti 486 DX100, Riva TNT2 16MB, 20GB Seagate U5, various SDRAM sticks ranging from 32MB to 512MB. However....a cap died on the motherboard, and my 386 DX40's board has some corrosion around the I/O headers (from another boards barrel battery, it had a battery pack with the barrel battery as optional).

Hi Phil, What is the name of the track that starts at 1:20 ? (no luck with Soundhound on this)

Is this the one you shown on LGR video?

Which song played at the beginning? I'd have to know what it's called to look it up on your posted reference.

isn´t that a P200 MMX you are inserting?

Is it possible to get Zone 66 working with sound and mouse? I've got the same setup -- Starter Pack + AWE64 Thanks

Does that power supply require any adapter, or does it work right out of the box for the older hardware?

No thermal paste?! Or is it on the heatsink?

Does the fan not require thermal paste?

Whilst somewhat odd, disabling the cache's might not be sufficient depending on when the game (or application) was written and who wrote it using what compiler. Some of the libraries used back then spew glorious quantities of NaN when you go beyond a certain amount of raw Mhz. Turbo Pascal 7's CRT module being somewhat legendary for this, anything faster than 100Mhz and the wheels come off but you'll find Watcom C misbehaving occasionally as well.

Can you please make a video on reducing Southbridge/Northbridge temps? And if you have a brand new motherboard, please show before and after adding new thermal paste, because I am planning to do it.

You're not using any thermal paste on the CPU?

the P133 was for quite a while a common chip , it could really run games quite decently until 1998 or so , at least if you added in 3D acceleration. Personally I would go with a P166 or P200 , which would let you run Duke3D at 640X480 more easily for instance , while still being slow enough for DOS. Of course one could also go with something like a PPro (in my eyes its the best DOS/WIn95 chip) , but then it starts getting harder to find parts for a good price

Heres an idea, how the potato Socket 478 chips like the celeron compete with the P4, especially the SL6PG or testing modern GPU's like the 7xx and 9xx series with older games and an older OS like WinXP. i know the GTX960 has a WinXP driver. i used it to test my XP rig. EDIT: 4:50 HOLY JESUS THAT LOOKS RIDICULOUS

Always hated that my mid-90s Pentium couldn't run TSR-rpgs without lotsa Moslo 👍

Do you ever use FreeDOS? A comparison would be really cool. Benefits VS Tradeoffs analysis.

Nice video, Phil. You never did show how to set the IRQ though. I believe I know the utility, but looks like 7 is always occupied already. Any insight as to how to free up or reassign other resources?

Great video, this ressemble a lot with my retro rig that i'm building as i have posted on vogons, i will run a Pentium 133 so i should stick with fsb 66 , multiplier x2 and voltage set to 2.5v, is this correct or i will fry my cpu?

nvidia riva tnt2 is the first graphics card I had

Did that hard drive come out of an xbox? Because I have the exact same drive and it was the oem drive in my xbox.

is there an option without the boot menu? Or do we have to use the boot menu?

Microprose Master Of Magic please!

4:45.Have you seen today kids playing CS:GO ?. They might be able to keep up with that speed!! Phil, we are getting old and slow. :-D

anyone interested in a near mint 3dFX Voodoo 3 3000?

Looks good,but wouldn't a pentium 1 MMX 200 be better?

Can you do one on setting up DOS gaming in VirtualBox?

i will build a 486 retro machine next year

Why not DID VIDEO EF2000 (EUROFIGHTER EVOLUTION) and is a good simulator.

The purist in me wants to build a pc like this, but I don't think it would be worth the money.

song name: 1:20 - 2:27

And for Windows 98 games?

I had one of those boards years ago...EWWW look at the electrolytic caps! That is what finally failed on mine.