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Dell Latitude X1
Specs
- Intel Pentium-M: 1.1GHz
- Intel 915GMS chipset
- Intel GMA 900 video
- Intel ICH6 / HDA / AC97 audio with Sigmatel codec
- 12“ TFT LCD @ 1280×768
- RAM DDR2-400 SO-DIMM
- 256MB (onboard), expansion up to 1280MB (256 onboard + 1024MB module)
- 1.8” PATA HDD
- USB (x2), Firewire, Gigabit ethernet
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Overview
Good Points
- Very small - barely bigger than the tiny Thinkpad 240 series
- Decent quality keyboard - not a chiclet type
- Plenty of CPU power for even the most demanding DOS games ever
- Supports USB floppy drives natively - both to boot and access within DOS
- Built in ethernet and wifi
- Completely fanless
- Emulated Soundblaster digital audio, Yamaha FM and soft MIDI synth supported by VSBHDA
- Emulated Soundblaster digital audio, Yamaha FM supported by SBEMU
Bad Points
- No built-in removeable storage
- BIOS is almost completely locked down, virtually nothing to configure
- No native Soundblaster capability
- Wifi card supports up to 'G' only - though can be replaced
- Widescreen - not ideal for 4:3 / 5:4 DOS games
- The Intel GMA video is not the fastest - some earlier AGP designs are faster; though it's still more than enough speed for even hi-res DOS games
- The internal HDD is an odd 1.8“ drive - cannot be easily swapped with a newer 2.5” drive; requires a 1.8“ to (something) converter board
- Mono internal speaker
Drivers & Utilities
- Broadcom gigabit NIC - No native DOS packet driver is available, but the
B57.COMODI shim does work and MTCP can use it. See https://packetdriversdos.net/ - Trackpad - No USB driver available, but Cutemouse can detect it. All versions (v19, 20, 21) seem to work. See https://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/
- Memory - Use UMBPCI with the
/I=D000-DFFFto access the unused adapter ROM region and get more UMB space. See https://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci_e.html - Audio - Use VSBHDA to get excellent quality emulated Soundblaster and FM support, as well as software synth MIDI. See https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/VSBHDA
Benchmarks
| Test | Base Config |
|---|---|
| 3DBench 1.0c | 140.1 |
| Chris 3D Bench | 142.5 fps |
| Chris 3D Bench SVGA | VESA error |
| PC Player VGA | 143.3 fps |
| PC Player SVGA | 63.7 fps |
| Doom (low detail) | 238 realtics |
| Doom (high detail) | 1304 realtics |
| Quake (320×200) | 116 fps |
| Quake (360×480) | 47.0 fps |
| Quake (640×480) | 41.0 fps |
| Norton SI | 1063 |
| Landmark CPU | 12950 MHz |
| Landmark FPU | 24000 MHz |
| Landmark Video | 7336 chr/sec |
Game Testing
| Drive | Directory | Game | Variant or version | Sound config | Blaster | Runs | vsbhda | vsbhda16 | FM | Digital | MIDI | Retest Reason | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | ACTION | Alien Carnage | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No FM in this game – it’s all digital FX with tracker music. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Another World | Soundblaster 10KHz | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| D | ACTION | Bargon Attack | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No apparent FM in this game. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Commander Keen 4 | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Commander Keen 5 | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Commander Keen 6 | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Cool Spot | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Digital FX playback in game is garbled – all FX sound the same. FM playback (music, effects) are good. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Cool Croc Twins | Adlib | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Start game in Adlib mode. Music/FX plays back okay. | |||||
| D | ACTION | First Samurai | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | No | Won’t start – very picky about memory managers. | ||||||||
| D | ACTION | Flashback | Adlib | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Effect noises don’t work in Soundblaster or Adlib mode. Music plays back without issue. Volume is quiet even at /VOL9. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Giana Sisters | SB16, Mono, 22KHz | Soundblaster 16 | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| D | ACTION | Gods | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No graphical glitches. /VOL9 seems to be a reasonable output. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Jazz Jackrabbit | SB16, HQ mixing | Soundblaster 16 | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | No | RETEST WITH SETMUL | Won’t start – runtime error (speed issue) | |||||
| D | ACTION | Jill of the Jungle | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | No | No | No | RETEST WITH SETMUL | Won’t detect Soundblaster at start – possible speed issue. | |||
| D | ACTION | Keen Dreams | Adlib | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No scrolling or graphical glitches. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Megaman X | Soundblaster + GM | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Uses Miles audio. Selecting SB Pro or SB16 fails, works with original SB option. Extremely loud at /VOL9 | ||||
| D | ACTION | Monster Bash 1 + 2 + 3 | Adlib | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Partial | Music sounds “off”. During gameplay lots of clipping and crackles at /VOL9. Almost inaudible at /VOL8. | |||||
| D | ACTION | Crusader No Regret | Untested | RETEST WITH ISO | |||||||||
| D | ACTION | Crusader No Remorse | Untested | RETEST WITH ISO | |||||||||
| D | ACTION | Project Paradise | Soundblaster 16 | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Very loud at /VOL9. Use in-game menu to reduce WAV and TOTAL volume to 50% or less. Still not fast enough in SVGA mode – what does this game need??? | |||||
| D | ACTION | Prince of Persia | prince adlib | Adlib | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | FM music and effects. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Prince of Persia | prince sblast | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | No | No | When started with “sblast” arg, no FM and no Digital FX – reverts to PC speaker. | |||
| D | ACTION | Prince of Persia 2 | Soundblaster / Pro | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Select SB Pro mode. Ear splitting loud. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Magic Pockets | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | No | Yes | Yes | Game loads, music plays, but unresponsive to keys – hangs at starting demo? | ||||||
| D | ACTION | Rampart | Soundblaster Pro | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Works in SB Pro mode. Can produce music via “Roland + SB Pro” option, but is designed for MT-32. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Syndicate | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Very loud at /VOL9. Some crackles and clipping during start. In game is clear, but very loud. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Syndicate Wars | Untested | RETEST WITH ISO | |||||||||
| D | ACTION | TD2192 | No | Runtime error 200 at start – possible speed related issue. | |||||||||
| D | ACTION | Vinyl Goddess from Mars | Soundblaster 16 | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Works fine, very loud at /VOL9. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Xargon | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Most effects are FM and quite loud, digital fx can be heard but drowned out by loud FM. | ||||
| D | ACTION | Zeliard | Soundblaster | A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| D | ACTION | Zool | No | RETEST WITH SETMUL | Divide overflow error – won’t start – possible speed related issue. | ||||||||
| D | ACTION | Zool 2 | No | RETEST WITH SETMUL | Divide overflow error – won’t start – possible speed related issue. |