Kensuke_Aida wrote:
Thanks for the reply. It may interest you to know that earlier I discovered your Roland vs. Yamaha video on YouTube a couple of days ago. That brought back memories. I prefer the sound of the Yamaha FWIW. MIDI and music modules were my biggest music source in days before MPEG audio compression became practical.
But that got me thinking, so I popped on over to Ebay to check prices on old machines, and people are expecting $250-$300 for a Slot 1, Socket 5 or Socket 7 machine. It's crazy. 🙁 I wonder if the retro scene is driving prices up on authentic hardware.
- John
That's nice to hear! Now Yamaha also do external MIDI modules, so you can use these with DOSBox via USB to MIDI adapters.
I'm working on a new video, building a DOS gaming time-machine. I like using a mix of old and new parts: Easier to work with, cheaper and more flexible.
The main part you need is a Socket 7 board. They come in AT and ATX form factors. ATX boards are harder to find, but easier to work with and you can use ATX cases and power supplies.
Check out this cute little Pentium: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Unisys-Cwd5001-ZA- … =item3a5619382c
Only has a single ISA slot, but with an AWE64 and external Yamaha module you can run a ton of games.
In terms of market, there is a TON of stuff on eBay USA. Don't give up on eBay just yet.
But in general, retro gaming isn't cheap anyway. Most of us here went through a "journey" of sourcing computers and parts and spent quite a bit more coin that 300 bucks 😵
They will also rob you of time and cause you to rage once in a while 😵
DOSBox on the other hand simply works. Spend some time reading the manual and learning the settings for sounds, graphics and mounting drives. Or use D-Fend reloaded, a front-end with DOSBox that I can highly recommend.
I made a mega tutorial about buying DOSBox games from GOG.com and tweaking them (they are usually configured quite poorly).
And remember you can hook up external MIDI devices without issues 😀