This would be mostly for sound & music in games, not so much listening to a lot of MIDI music. Would there be much difference between Value and Gold if they both have the same size RAM upgrade (e.g. from a SIMMconn)? I've also seen the CT3670 variant of the '32 suggested as an alternative?

Is there any way to force display output in Windows 98 and/or DOS not to stretch/scale/change aspect ratio when connecting a widescreen monitor, or do you just have to get a monitor with a standard aspect ratio (i.e. 4:3 or the 5:4 with some flat panels)? I would prefer no stretching or scaling at …

Looking on Ebay for these generally shows the Value much cheaper than the Gold variant, but how do they compare in terms of sound quality (both digital sound effects and MIDI), and is it worth expanding the soundfont RAM? Are there any good comparison vids available between the two?

Ouch, not sure how comfortable I am with that, I have zero soldering experience D:

Current specs of my desktop: Asus PRIME X399-A Threadripper 1900X 16 GiB (4x 4GiB) DDR4-2666 Geforce GTX 760 2 GiB LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i with 4x WD Red 1 TB in RAID 10 I only upgrade components when they no longer do what I want the way I want them, so if you count the case or the optical drives it's …

Searching around for a motherboard that has Tualatin support, AGP, and ISA, and I found the above. Never had experience of this brand, so wondering if it's a decent board, or if you have had any bad experiences, things to watch out for, etc.?

Just thinking about rare things I'd like to have some day but likely never will. What are yours? My three right now: Asus P/I-P65UP8 motherboard with the P6ND Pentium Pro daughterboard A loaded Quantum3D AAlchemy 8164 system ALR Revolution 6x6 machine Like this? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php …

I do have some things already, but I need machine to run them again! 3dfx Voodoo 2 12MiB, 2x cards and the pass-through cable 3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 TV 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 3dfx VoodooMac 5500 PCI Intel PR440FX motherboard with 2x Pentium Pro 200MHz w. 1MiB L2 cache I do have a Voodoo 5 6000, but IIRC …

Just thinking about rare things I'd like to have some day but likely never will. What are yours? My three right now: Asus P/I-P65UP8 motherboard with the P6ND Pentium Pro daughterboard A loaded Quantum3D AAlchemy 8164 system ALR Revolution 6x6 machine

Step 1: Wanting to build a retro system Step 2: Thinking it can be all done with only one system Step 3: Realizing it can not be done with one system Step 4: Building 2 systems Step 5: Realizing that it can't also all be done with just 2 systems Step 6: Become like the rest of us and build wayyy to …

I'm currently trying to spec-up a general-purpose Windows 98 SE & DOS machine, but I don't know which way to go for graphics. Which is the more practical option; will a Voodoo 5 card even work with DOS GLide games?

Any specific suggestions of make and/or model for the motherboard?

I'm thinking about putting together a machine for Windows 95/98 and (some) DOS games, but I will be limited for space so I want to use a micro-ATX motherboard if possible. Do you have any suggestions for this kind of board, or is regular ATX a better option? I have had a look here and here , which …