So ..having been bitten by the bug and aquired the retro-virus ..
I thought I'd build a retro PC and install the various stable mutations of windows over the years..
Not as emulated OS ..or virtual PC ...but actually build them on hard drives so they can be installed on pull out caddy Trays ...
I chose a Jetway 695AS motherboard as this at least has usb connections ..for those OS that can use them ..
I Installed an NVIDIA GeForce 5600
a 3com 3c905c-tx-m network card
an Avansys fast scsi card
The motherboard is running 2gb of ram and a Pentium III 800EB CPU
..it has one legacy ISA (unused) and the other slots are all pci ..
The Jetway has an onboard audio chipset ..though as yet I am having trouble finding the drivers I need ..so where it can windows substitutes generic ones.
I also attached an SDT-9000 DAT tape drive on one of the scsi ports ..but not able to use this yet.
So far ..
I have successfully built windows operating systems as follows..
MSDOS 6.2
Windows 3.0
Windows 95
Windows 98SE
Windows 2000
and Windows XPpro
All are built on IDE drives ...
not a SATA in sight ..
lol
..and have christened the Tower ..
Chameleon ...which seemed appropriate as it can be ...well ..anything I choose up to XP speeds..
Now to dig out some of my old DOS games etc ..
Leasure Suit Larry ...
lol
Remember Him ?
rgds
VS