Thanks pavane

I know this is a bit off the original topic, but your USB/Game Port comments originated this thought...

I have some older games I enjoy, but haven't played for a while, since my sound card died on the old machine, and it was a rather slow box anyway... I have a game port joystck. I know there are new USB joysticks. I assume Dos Games won't work with the USB joysticks, and not sure whether 'Windows Games' 95+ will talk to them, or whether windows will sort out the drivers internally (I assume DirectX games will be alright), so not sure whether to bother trying to get a Games port on this box. o just buy a USB one.....

Also how do I connect Midi if I have no Gameport? No 'midi port' currently exists. Will most new sound cards have even a physical connector that I can plumb out?

My 'new' PC threw tantrums about not wanting to recognise the USB mouse when loading 98SE, so we had to get the PS2 connector!... The IntelliPoint Mouse S/W may have fixed that, but that didn't arrive till after we got the box alive...

This backwards compatability is a pain, and I still have to move to XP home yet...

Robin