Wow, that's similar to my setup. I have a Pentium 90 in my Dell Optiplex Gs with the following:

SB-AWE32 CT-3900, Roland SC-55 for Midi hooked in through the AWE32's gameport, Gravis Ultrasound 2.4 (currently on the way in the mail)

I was staring at an NEC Yamaha DB60XG daughterboard clone on ebay and pondering if it was worth $20.00. But I was afraid there would be "too much Midi" which would create a time paradox that destroys the entire universe. 😜

I almost forgot, there's an MT-32 under my Sound Canvas somewhere in that pile.

jmrydholm wrote:

Wow, that's similar to my setup. I have a Pentium 90 in my Dell Optiplex Gs with the following:

SB-AWE32 CT-3900, Roland SC-55 for Midi hooked in through the AWE32's gameport, Gravis Ultrasound 2.4 (currently on the way in the mail)

I was staring at an NEC Yamaha DB60XG daughterboard clone on ebay and pondering if it was worth $20.00. But I was afraid there would be "too much Midi" which would create a time paradox that destroys the entire universe. 😜

I would look into getting some 16MB simms and adding 32mb of ram to the AWE first. I think you'll find it might even outdo the SC-55 (maybe).

A DB50XG won't sound as good as if you dropped 32MB of ram into that Awe32 and used sound fonts on it, that's for sure. It will sound good though, but different. The main benefit is it sounds better than the EMU8000 without the ram and the TSR. Since it's hardware, it will sound pretty nice in that regard and with little to no fussing around with it.

I was going to use the SY50XG simply for GM since some older titles will call for MT32 but will work with GM. Ditto for the EMU8000. An SC-55 sounds like a much more compatible solution though 😀.

My problem is I've got multiple SB16 devices, and at least two of them have drivers which are going to try and steal the same address range.

I believe I do have RAM in the CT-3900 at the moment. I think I'd be quite happy with a Gravis/Roland/Blaster setup. I haven't messed around with it in a while as I needed to use my XP tower. I'll probably find a nice spot dedicated to my "old ironsides" after I get married later this year. If there's two things my future wife won't make me get rid of, it's my old gaming hardware and my car. I got her hooked on Sega Genesis. :3

jmrydholm wrote:

I'll probably find a nice spot dedicated to my "old ironsides" after I get married later this year. If there's two things my future wife won't make me get rid of, it's my old gaming hardware and my car. I got her hooked on Sega Genesis. :3

I hope my girlfriend never sees this, but I'm currently trying to do the same thing with her, albeit with a Wii I got her for her birthday.

And there's *no* way my car is going anywhere....

bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do....

Nice 😀 That would kill mine, it's a DeLorean. looks great, albeit with an underpowered engine. Hopefully the tornado we had this week didn't kill my car or the garage it was stored in at the mechanics. But before the mods kill me for going off topic 🤣 uhh ahh um sound cards! memory. 4-bit. 20 pin. 🤣 and stuff...mmmrghle it's 1:42AM zzz

Damn megatron-uk, looks like you live at a VERY nice location! Cheers! 😁