That's very helpful, thank you! It's great to hear that it can do General MIDI and even MT32 emulation in pure DOS. Also, as you said, the Audigy 2 ZS is quite inexpensive on eBay. It looks like the SB0350 is the card you're recommending: it has the joystick header, the front panel audio header, and …

Does the Virge support FASTVID? Or is it otherwise a strong VGA / VESA card for DOS gaming? I ask because I also had a Virge once, and the 3D acceleration (cough DECELERATION) looked just awful. Terrible dithering and everything.

Look at that chunky desktop case! Three half-height bays tall is just nuts. Also, your paint job looks great. At least from the photos, it looks clean and original. No network card? You could get a 3c509 for $10 or so, and then you could use FTP or SMB file sharing to get files onto the box, or even …

There are a few Slot-1 and Socket 370 motherboards with a Yamaha YMF740 onboard, which is SBPro compatible with a built-in geniune OPL3 FM synth. A quick Google search finds: Slot 1: Intel SE440BX-2 Soyo SY-6IBM PRM-0084I ZX- DTK Computer Socket 370: Soyo SY-7IZM Epox EP-ZX370Y Gemlight P6BIMG

As described in a previous topic , I am trying to get working sound in DOS on an oddball embedded motherboard with a single 3.3V PCI slot. (PCI slots are usually 5V, and are keyed the opposite way from 3.3V slots.) I noticed that the Dell / OEM SoundBlaster Live! cards (SB0200 and SB0220) are dual …

Is it safe to mod a 5v only card to work in a 3.3v slot? I wouldn't want to fry a motherboard. I can tell you that the alix1e's manual cautions against it. If you actually put 5V onto any pin that's expecting 3.3V, then yes, damage is likely. Supplying 5V to the card independently from the PCI slot …

The motherboard is a PCEngines alix1e.

A lot has happened since I last posted. I purchased that "SuperGrace" YMF724F-V sound card with the 3.3V notch, and it didn't work, most likely because the YMF724 requires a digital 3.3V supply but 5V for I/O . I looked at the datasheet for the YMF7 4 4, and lo and behold, it supports 3.3V for both …

cyclone3d wrote: Somebody has a few YMF724 based cards for sale on eBay that will work in 3.3v and 5v PCI slots: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-724-XG-YMF724 … 24/254017434013 Has anybody had prior experience with Super Grace products? I have never heard of them before.

Yes, the slot on the board has the tab that blocks 5V only cards.

I’m building a mini retro gaming machine that only has a single 3.3V PCI slot. Its on-board audio does not have legacy SoundBlaster support, so I’m looking at PCI sound cards. That single slot cannot take 5V PCI cards, and most Yamaha YMF7x4 cards are 5V only. Here’s a link showing how 5V and 3.3V …