>higher performance, higher availability of parts, potentially lower cost Not necessarily a benefit to old software. Some of the software I speak of used coding techniques that would be negatively affected by increased performance. I'm not talking about playing old games. I'm talking about software like Cakewalk for music production (real MIDI not DAW) that used direct hardware tweaks to maintain the critical timing needed to ensure proper recording and playback. I need ISA slots not just PCI. I also need the BIOS/EUFI to support the BIOS ROMs these cards have on board. SCSI 1 cards are a good example of that. I also need a real floppy drive controller (not USB floppy) to read and write disks in proprietary formats for Roland, EMU and Ensoniq music gear. Can't do that with USB and emulation. Again, I might as well just run the old hardware to ensure maximum compatibility.