Legacy vs Modern System for DOS Flight Sims

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I recently started thinking about getting back into old DOS Flight Sim's. I’m crossed between building a legacy system and adapting my current system to play the games. My current system is a homebuilt with an Asus M2N SLI deluxe AMD Athalon 2.4mhz CPU, 1mb DDR2 RAM a Soundblaster Live!, a low-end video card and a HP w2408 monitor

I’ve got a bunch of questions to throw out here. If any of them belong in another forum, just steer me in that direction and I’ll keep this area clear.

1) If I were to build a legacy system, what would be the optimum hardware setup?
2) If I were to use my current system, would there be anything in the architecture that would prevent me from loading up a drive with Win 98se and DOS 6.22, plugging in my Thrustmaster PCI ACM Gamecard and going gear up?
3) If I used my new system, would my HP LCD monitor work with the old games?
4) How do DOSBox games compare to a native DOS 6.22 environment? Good Old Games?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Rick
 
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Just build a computer with a Intel Core i3-4xx0 (whatever is the cheapest and has Intel HD Graphics 4600), and install VMWare Workstation on there. Run your DOS installer and the install DOS and the Flight Sim. Way cheaper, and much less hassle.
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Just build a computer with a Intel Core i3-4xx0 (whatever is the cheapest and has Intel HD Graphics 4600), and install VMWare Workstation on there. Run your DOS installer and the install DOS and the Flight Sim. Way cheaper, and much less hassle.
 
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I'm not familiar with VMWare Workstation. Is it for a new computer, or a legacy box?
 
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I've yet to see any comparisons between a game on DOSBox and the same game running on a native DOS platform. I'm also curious to hear if Sims from "Good Old Games" are as good as the original on DOS.

Additionally, I'm still hoping for someone that knows if my old Thrustmaster analog sitck/throttle/rudder will operate on a newer machine. And if the Thrustmaster Dual port ACM PCI Gamecard will be recognized by Win 7.
 
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VMWare workstation allows you to run a virtual machine. This virtual machine can have other operating systems installed like Windows XP, but I doubt it will support DOS 6.22.
 
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You can't run DOS on a new computer. DOSBox or some other emulator is the only viable alternative unless you can dig a 486 out from somewhere.

If you want to know about driver support for your old joystick, check the manufacturers website for Windows 7 drivers and have a look at the documentation for DOSBox. The chances are pretty slim.
 
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You can't run DOS on a new computer. DOSBox or some other emulator is the only viable alternative unless you can dig a 486 out from somewhere.

If you want to know about driver support for your old joystick, check the manufacturers website for Windows 7 drivers and have a look at the documentation for DOSBox. The chances are pretty slim.[/quotemsg]

Vincent:
I've already learned that there is little or no gameport support in Win 7 32 bit. There is ABSOLUTELY no support for 64 bit. I'm still hoping for someone to reply that has had experience with a particular game on both DOSBox or "Good Old Games" and DOS. I'd like to know how gameplay compares.

Digging up or constructing a 486, Pentium II or Pentium III is one of the options I'm exploring. I'm trying to determine what hardware I should use to build it.

Rick

 
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The last DOS game I ran was Warcraft II. I did this using DOSBox on a Windows 7 32-bit machine and for the most part it worked fine. Mouse control was a bit touchy and if you took the cursor to the side of the screen it scrolled much too quickly.

Under Windows 7, you should be able to run any emulators in Windows XP Compatibility mode.
If you have Windows 7 professional or ultimate, you can also use Windows XP Mode, which is essentially a Windows XP virtual machine.
If still having problems with emulators under Windows 7, you can try installing a Windows XP image on a VMWare Workstation machine.
 
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