The first PCI card I bought was a 9440. I guess I was more impressed with it than you folks because I had upgraded from the 8900. Mechwarrior 2 was actually playable on the 9440. I have a 4MB VirgeDX right now, so I guess I'll use that. Thanks for the replies!

I remember S3 cards having some major incompatibility with something popular. I just can't put my finger on it. Can anyone remember what I'm talking about? A game, maybe? (NOT a 3D game, I'm not that stupid). Something about the color palette?

Opinions? I would use it for a DOS/Win98 setup. I can't remember which is better, but I remember that I preferred Trident cards over S3 back in the day.

I've been trying to get an old 486 going but I don't have a reliable disk drive for it. I was lamenting that I couldn't use flash memory for a drive because of a lack of USB boot support. But I thought, maybe someone makes a USB card that has a BIOS overlay or something to allow you to boot? So I …

What about Central Point Software's PC Tools? I just couldn't tell you which version is best since I haven't seen it since 1992.

I don't know if it applies to other games you play, but Star Control was easy to play on the Sega, and Sega controllers (or usb adapters) designed for the PC are available.

Nvidia = Coca Cola ATI = Store Brand Cola That is all.

Operation Inner Space works on Windows 7 64-bit, in case anyone cares. It's a little quirky, but it's playable.

Games here too. One reason for me is that MIDI music doesn't sound the same on new cards as it did in DOS games with SB cards.

Are you going to try to get upgrade RAM for that Trident card? That was my first PCI video card, and I loved it. I remember the brand I had was "Chameleon" and had a funky box.

I might not be understanding the problem correctly, but I was just posting about the Asound ISA sound cards, and they were very skinny. You could do away with the joystick port on the back and it'd be only about 2" tall. (The joystick part is connected to the board via ribbon cable). Here's one for …

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I have some interest in the topic. My (possibly uninformed) picks for best sound cards: SoundBlaster 16 CT1740 or any which have 1. Jumper-set configuration and 2. a volume knob. I don't care about noise or CD-ROM or daughterboards, I just care that it will work …

I do have a TRS-80 Color Computer (the early big silver kind) w/ Extended Color Basic and 32K factory RAM, still working and with a tape drive, joystick, and a few cartridges, and the manuals. It still works like new. I sometimes worry that someday I won't have a monitor or TV that I can hook it up …

I've lurked here occasionally since like 2000 or something. I think I stumbled on the site when I was looking for a way to make my Sound Blaster work in Windows 2000, and found out about VDMSound. I really like the Hitchiker's theme too. I first found out about that series when I was a kid and had a …