When it comes to finding a fast, stable, and feature-packed Socket 7 motherboard, you’ll often end up with one of the excellent ASUS boards. The ASUS P/I P55T2P4 is a true retro classic, and the slightly newer ASUS TX97-E is also a solid choice. However, there’s one board that many retro enthusiasts tend to overlook.
Lemmings 2 The Tribes Fix for Sound and Music
Lemmings 2 drove me absolutely crazy for years, because it just wouldn’t run properly on any of my retro systems. It would either crash immediately on startup, freeze the PC, or run with only Adlib sound effects or only music.
I’ve finally found a setup that allows Lemmings 2 to run flawlessly on all my machines.
Sound Blaster 16 with dedicated PCMIDI MPU-401 card under Windows 9x
The Sound Blaster 16 is considered one of the most iconic sound cards in PC history. It brought true stereo sound, 16-bit audio quality, and hardware-based OPL3 FM synthesis to millions of home computers – quickly becoming the standard for DOS games and multimedia applications.
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