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>Can you post the exact specs of your 86box machine?
It's running a Socket 7 Mobile Pentium MMX running at 120 MHz, chosen purely out of performance considerations, though of course it can be brought up to 233 if you have a better PC than I do. I'm kicking myself a bit for not going with Super Socket 7 instead, though, since that has more potential. For memory, it has 64MB. For video, it's running an S3 Trio64V2+Voodoo combo, while for sound, I opted for the Sound Blaster AWE32 (initially chosen over the AWE64 because the latter is supposed to use the inferior CQM for FM synth, but it turns out 86Box doesn't emulate that and just uses OPL3 lol). I also added a dedicated MPU-401 because MIDI was having issues through the AWE32 for some reason, and I configured it to use FluidSynth with an SC-55-like soundfont (though you can use Nuked SC-55 instead - I've tested it, and it works, but it requires more setup).
>Did you use BIOS defaults or changed anything?
I did make some BIOS changes, namely disabling a bunch of unused ports (the COMs and Parallel port, for instance) and lowering the memory timings, though I can't say if that does anything of substance here. I also reserved some resources in the BIOS for the ISA cards.
>How much memory are you able to get on DOS?
It depends. For DOS mode, I installed based Phil's startup menu, which gives you various options for EMS, XMS, and conventional memory only, with or without CD-ROM or mouse support. So if conventional memory is a concern, there's options to help with that (Phil uses the qtmouse driver, which is very light, but the regular Microsoft CD driver, so that could be improved perhaps).
>If you can link to the drivers you used, it would be great too.
Almost all the drivers were acquired on Phil's site, with the exception of the Trio64V2, which I got from the VOGONS library. I also added Rain, a utility that lowers CPU usage while idling on the desktop, which helps with performance.
