Not sure about 8-bit cards....
I think like the SB-PRO some ESS models can work in an 8-bit slot.
I'd assume its all the non-pnp ones that have manual jumpers.
I could be wrong on that tho, I don't own a XT\286\386 with 8-bit slots to test with.
Someone on these forums should know more.
I do know some ESS cards have beeper inputs, and there spaced correctly, so no hacked cable needed like for the SB. Can use a normal 4-pin CD audio cable.

I disconnected the speaker in a # of my PCs for that reason.

Well...
First of all. That is some nice build you did.
That case. I remember those from around 1989 to 1994.
They were mostly sold with 80846dx2's here in Denmark.
They completely vanished right before or after the Pentiums came out.

With this talk of hooking the PC speaker through the audio card, I thought I'd give it a shot. What's nice is the same speaker cable on the amp has a disconnect that hooked to the AWE 64 just fine. So now PC speaker sounds are routed through.

brostenen wrote:

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Well...
First of all. That is some nice build you did.
That case. I remember those from around 1989 to 1994.
They were mostly sold with 80846dx2's here in Denmark.
They completely vanished right before or after the Pentiums came out.

Thanks!

That's pretty cool really. Though I am a bit puzzled as well. This case doesn't even have a turbo button, let alone a turbo lamp, it didn't appear to be during the same time as 486 systems to me.

Nice build, but why 2x 3.5 floppy drives?

Robin4 wrote:

Nice build, but why 2x 3.5 floppy drives?

The second was just a filler until I get a bay cover.

Though I was also curious to try the second floppy drive, specifically because it's an actual IDE drive. 😎

but I didn't have an extra power cable for it. 😵

What an unusual case design. Never seen the like around my neck of the woods. Then again, most of the cases I have seen/handled have been towers, not desktops. I just don't like the desktop design, feels too cramped/confined for my taste (sorry about that 😊 ).

soviet conscript wrote:

Id throw a sound card into a PC class machine just for speaker routing if that was an option since most of the games being played on it are pc speaker only and this can be an issue when you want to play in the dead of night and people are sleeping. funny how random loud beeps and boops can anger sleeping girlfriend/spouses.

This is why I'm still single, I can do what I want/please without anyone telling me otherwise. I just close my bedroom door, lock it, and play old PC games to my heart's content 😜

JayCeeBee64 wrote:

This is why I'm still single, I can do what I want/please without anyone telling me otherwise. I just close my bedroom door, lock it, and play old PC games to my heart's content 😜

oh, I didn't say I didn't still do it, I just said it pisses them off 😀

soviet conscript wrote:

oh, I didn't say I didn't still do it, I just said it pisses them off 😀

Even more of a reason for me to stay single. I don't need to hear anyone's opinion about my habits - good, bad, or otherwise 😁

Though I was also curious to try the second floppy drive, specifically because it's an actual IDE drive. 😎

Wait...an IDE FLOPPY DRIVE?

I love the case with the speakers.

smeezekitty wrote:

Though I was also curious to try the second floppy drive, specifically because it's an actual IDE drive. 😎

Wait...an IDE FLOPPY DRIVE?

Probably a SuperDisk LS-120 drive, which is itself very interesting (never had one of those myself).

JayCeeBee64 wrote:

smeezekitty wrote:

Though I was also curious to try the second floppy drive, specifically because it's an actual IDE drive. 😎

Wait...an IDE FLOPPY DRIVE?

Probably a SuperDisk LS-120 drive, which is itself very interesting (never had one of those myself).

I have the parallel version somewhere. I never got a chance to test it and now it is lost in the junk room 😒

ReeseRiverson wrote:

This case doesn't even have a turbo button, let alone a turbo lamp, it didn't appear to be during the same time as 486 systems to me.

Not every case made up to 1996 had a Turbo button. It's not like they were mandatory 😜 It seems to me that tower cases almost always have a Turbo button, but desktop style cases may or may not have one.

JayCeeBee64 wrote:

smeezekitty wrote:

Though I was also curious to try the second floppy drive, specifically because it's an actual IDE drive. 😎

Wait...an IDE FLOPPY DRIVE?

Probably a SuperDisk LS-120 drive, which is itself very interesting (never had one of those myself).

Yeah, I believe that's it there! I just never got to play with it. 🤣

devius wrote:

ReeseRiverson wrote:

This case doesn't even have a turbo button, let alone a turbo lamp, it didn't appear to be during the same time as 486 systems to me.

Not every case made up to 1996 had a Turbo button. It's not like they were mandatory 😜 It seems to me that tower cases almost always have a Turbo button, but desktop style cases may or may not have one.

Oh I see. My other desktop cases do have turbo buttons and lamps. Except one which is my 386 Packard Bell, and only has the turbo lamp. No button.

How do you switch turbo on and off then? 😕

Turbo buttons began to appear on 286 systems, were on allmost all 386 systems and began to be fased out by the end of 486 systems.
That's how it was in Denmark, and probably in most of western europe through those periods.

devius wrote:

How do you switch turbo on and off then? 😕

Can't remember what system. Yet I clearly remember systems on wich turbo was applied through keyboard button combinations.
If it was during boot or when Dos ran, I simply can not remember anymore. (the bios reported how, during boot)

I had a similar case with speakers, though mine had a turbo button, LCD display with three digits, 1/4" headphone out and two 1/4" mic ins (with separate level controls), from about 1994.

Anyone know about these? Would love to have one again.

Desktops are great. You can stack them. Or put a CRT on top. Plus there is plenty of room. I typically only have a MPU & sound card in any given system. 😀 With OEM desktops everything else is integrated on the MOBO. 😊

oerk wrote:

I had a similar case with speakers, though mine had a turbo button, LCD display with three digits, 1/4" headphone out and two 1/4" mic ins (with separate level controls), from about 1994.

Anyone know about these? Would love to have one again.

It sounds like you are talking about something like this that I have:

Except I no longer have the LCD MHz screen. 😢