First post, by jarreboum
Hey there, I'm interested in building a PC dedicated to DOS gaming. Well, if it could go above and beyond and be fit for early Windows gaming that would be great but I'm not there yet.
Before even picking a case or a motherboard, I figured my choice would be dependent on just how many slots I need, and that I had to plan things in advance. I'm mostly confused by the amount of different sound cards and their incompatibilities, emulation etc.
- If I get a Soundblaster AWE64, will it be enough to cover everything Soundblaster? How about adlib, etc?
- Should I just get a Gravis Ultrasound instead (or the new one currently being prototyped on this board), or would I have to get both?
- I found out about SoftMPU, which would free one slot and use the Joystick port of another sound card to pass MIDI to an MT-32. I think.
- The Roland MT-32 doesn't play well with General MIDI apparently, do I want another external module or can one of the above be used?
- Am I right in not even considering more modern hardware like PCI or better? The motherboard may have an integrated soundcard, what about it?
If you think what I wrote doesn't make sense, it's because I am mighty confused. I don't even know if I can fit everything on a single motherboard without having it explode due to interactions and incompatibilities.
(And I haven't even started considering video cards yet)
What do you think?