bakudd wrote:Does anyone know of a good x86 emulator besides DOSbox that will let me hook up an MT-32 to a powerpc mac?
Yes. In theory, at least.
bakudd wrote:But I get perfect speeds in all DOS and Windows 95 games using Virtual PC and RealPC under Mac OS 9, and that's a 15 year old operating system. Can I use my MT-32 on those emulators? No, or at least I haven't found a way to do so yet.
If memory serves, the last PPC version of Virtual PC I used (long time ago, so I'm not 100% sure if it was under OS 9 ), supported USB virtualization . This would have allowed a connected USB device to be driven directly by the guest OS (Windows 95 or 98, for example).
So, in your case, if you were to connect your MT-32 through a USB midi interface, virtualize the USB midi interface and install Windows drivers for it in the guest OS, you should then be able access the MT-32 from Windows .
I have successfully used this technique with other emulators and USB hardware (on a PC, I never had a need for it on a MAC).