Japanese computers tend to be behind the standards of the west. In 1995, the minimum requirement was a 486 33Mhz
computer. In 1995 I had an entry level pentium machine. The GA card was made in two types, the DOS/V, which was eisa. DOS/V is a special version of DOS for the Japanese market. You won't be able to run the GA card on
normal DOS. This is because DOS/V supports Japanese character sets. The 98 version of the card is used in a proprietary computer system that was sold in Japan, the PC98 series. The PC98 series is based on the intel
processor, but has a totally different system architecture. If you look at the card, you'll notice it looks like no other kind of card seen in the western PC market. Since then, this format has been discontinued by
almost all Japanese computer maufacturers. The PC98 version, however, is the superior version, using a windows interface. It's easier to get the CD-ROM in a PC98 to run with the card then with the open format DOS
card.You'll notice there's no dip switches or IRQ jumpers. |
