Iwantgames:) Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I just acquired a Avon Beautyvision and am looking to find games that will run on it. It's DOS 2.11 with 512k RAM and 4.77 MHz 80C88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 You could prolly up that to 3.3 if you wanted and if you had trouble with 2.11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 If it takes a stock 3.3 and a 720K floppy drive you could prolly do the CGA version of Commander Keen 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 2 hours ago, The Usotsuki said: If it takes a stock 3.3 and a 720K floppy drive you could prolly do the CGA version of Commander Keen 4 It has no hard drive. DOS is programmed on a ROM Chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Can the ROM DOS be overridden by DOS on a floppy? Looks like you'll need at least 3.2 for Keen. (Not sure yet if it'll run in 512K or if it needs 640.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I've seen Sim City run on one from that LGR video... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, MrMaddog said: I've seen Sim City run on one from that LGR video... Yep, I'm not a big sim city fan, it's fun for about 10min then I just destroy everything lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) So I can in fact load DOS 3.30. It can't be saved permanent but it does work also I opened the system up and found inaccessible connections inside! (CGA, composite, serial, headphones, ect) so now I must debate modifying it to make these usable or not. Edited September 8, 2019 by Iwantgames:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 3.3 seems to be the best balance of function/compatibility vs. size and the ideal version for systems with 512-640K. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 I got composite out working and almost got high score in Paku Paku :/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Looks like it uses Hercules monochrome. Does it have an LPT port? An old iomega zip100 could probably live there, or perhaps an old LPT IDE hard drive (good luck getting something new to live inside though.) The people at Brutman's PCjr site were able to get a version of guest.exe (the dos TSR for a zip100 parallel, like linked) running on an 8088 based Jr, so I think your Beauty PC should work too, if it has an LPT port. Not sure how its upper memory is laid out though. IIRC, Guest.exe is a memory hogging beast. Looks like there is a smaller driver called palmzip.sys that works on 8088s, and works with dos 2.1 http://leute.server.de/peichl/palmzipe.htm Just a thought. I happen to have a beat up zip 100plus floating around. I don't even know if it still works or not. Edit the LGR Oddware for this beast says it is a Toshiba T1000 with a different screen. A T1000 has an LPT port, so you should be able to use such a thing with it. Claims it is CGA capable, but that display is clearly monochrome. I would stick with hercules aware games and run in that mode. Edited September 23, 2019 by wierd_w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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