First post, by NamelessPlayer
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I ask this because I'm thinking about putting that AL440LX board back in its proper case, and moving the BP6 to a case of its own so that no one's baffled as to why the board layout sticker on the bottom of the case doesn't match the actual hardware inside. (Also, it would let me have another usable system, especially if I decide to get a slotket and slap one of my Celeron 533 Mendocinos in it after I mod the BP6 to accept some Coppermine P3s.)
However, I don't know of any modern cases that have a PC speaker inside-after all, they haven't been of use for the last several years. But there has to be at least one case out there that I could snag that still has the speaker. (Of course, if you know of a way to route PC speaker output through an AWE64 Gold and out to the 3.5mm speakers, this wouldn't be a concern at all...)
Also, I hear that modern PSUs don't have -5V power anymore, which is apparently necessary for ISA cards. Any recommendations on this front? (I'd want it to be at least 300W or more, and of course efficient and reliable; 2P boards obviously suck down more power than 1P ones!)
Finally, I'm thinking about just running Win98SE virtualized under Win2000 on the BP6 system as a good way to make use of a dual-CPU system. (Win98SE can't use more than one CPU anyway, whereas Win2000 can use both. Thus, it's best to spend as much time as possible in Win2000, right?) This would also keep me from having to reboot just to play one of those not-NT-friendly titles. However, I still have performance and compatibility concerns when it comes to virtualization, especially with regards to 3D acceleration.