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DOS boot disk ???

3 posts by 2 people · 12 Nov 1997 - 13 Nov 1997

Hi, I'm running a 486 dx with 12 ram and I'm wondering if the dos boot disk option is worth an improvement in sim performance. I really don't understand the concept or how to do it, but I noticed some mention of this on the group and I'm wondering if it will affect the way my Nascar1 looks and operates. Thanks for any help. Aloha, Henry
I did a little more work on this. I'm now getting choppy (slow framerates I think) using SVGA so I check my memory and I hace over 9,400 kb of free memory and it says I need at least 7,367. Does that mean I have enough? Or are the slower frame rates with SVGA a different problem? I'm thinking the dos boot disk might help. Yes? No? Maybe? Please see my second post regarding UNIVESA. Aloha, Henry Henry B : Hi, I'm running a 486 dx with 12 ram and I'm wondering if the dos : boot disk option is worth an improvement in sim performance. I really : don't understand the concept or how to do it, but I noticed some mention : of this on the group and I'm wondering if it will affect the way my : Nascar1 looks and operates. : Thanks for any help. : Aloha, Henry
Could be an improvement altho I don't think so...but worth a try You don't really need to make a bootdisk .. All you have to do is press F8 ( =step by step confirmation .. I hope my memory serves me right :) ) when DOS boots then install (by pressingY) all driver needed to play the game. Leave out all unnecessarry drivers ( like the CD driver if you son't use the cd or Soundblaster driver if you don't use it etc...) Or you can make a multiconfig CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT ( see "help multiconfig" <----- type that at DOS prompt )

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