I thought so too. If not only nifty there are indeed the possible IRQ and base address complications to think of as well.

Since most of the older games, using the MT-32, have hardcoded port addresses I set my MT-32 at 330. The DB60XG on a SB16 ASP MCD I set at 300 seeing how games supporting GM allow for address selection. Now I encountered an exception (LSL6). It allows you to choose among cards such as the MT-32 and …

First, those earlier motherboards are harder to come by and don't use an ATX form factor and often don't come with PS/2 ports. They are either full size AT or baby AT and this is just as much a standard as ATX is now. Finding a casing shouldn't be hard. PS/2 to Serial plugs do exist and can be had …

A definitive answer can be found on this very forum. http://home.new.rr.com/swaaye/0144.png and http://www.harpgallery.com/assets/images/swaaye/0082.png http://www.harpgallery.com/assets/images/swaaye/0083.png Source: Sound cards - from best to worst (Check out swaaye's post about midway) http:// …

Arguing which Sound Blaster card does not have sound problems is a bit silly. All Sound Blaster cards have sound problems. If some are pretty much noise free there is always the below average quality of the output. I think it is too bad Creative took the place of standard during that time. Take a …