There is no need for sound, I don't think I even need a network connection.
I'm looking to get a system that is at least 3-4 years old, maybe even older.
The only reason to get a newer one is to get some extra speed.
This clown speaks for himself
> On Feb 3, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Corbin Davenport <davenportcor...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I would think FreeDOS would work fine on any PC with legacy boot enabled, but
> extra stuff like USB, sound, and/or networking might need extra drivers that
> might not be available.
>
> Corbin
>
>> On Feb 3, 2016 12:57 PM, "Wayne Dernoncourt" <way...@panix.com> wrote:
>> I'm planning to install Free-DOS on a standalone system to run SpinRite.
>> I've had issues in getting FreeDOS to boot successfully on some systems (the
>> systems seems to hang on Init...)
>>
>> So I decided to get an older desktop with a plan to wipeout what I expect
>> will be Windows and install FreeDOS. I would to minimize the number of
>> systems I need to get before being successful at getting FreeDOS to boot,
>> what are the characteristics I need to look for.
>>
>> BTW the Dell laptop I bought for this works pretty well, but I'm going to
>> have problems mounting other desktop hard drives to the laptop that the
>> desktop controller can deal with. As I understand things, USB limits the
>> info coming back from the drive.
>>
>> This clown speaks for himself
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