Whoa... IE6...Netscape...you're really oldskool ;P
I *HATE* the look and interface of the newest version of the MS Internet Exploder (don't like tabbed browsing; although you can turn that off, you still can't easily can the "My Really Really Really Great Favorites" star <ugh> without a registry hack that also disables another of it's toolbars).
And for Netscape; that's how I do almost all of my web browsing (except for a few pages that I'm FORCED to use MSIE <aaggghh>!), with everything disabled: Java, Javascript, images, etc... fast browsing (even with my miserable dialup connection), and TOTALLY impervious to any web/script exploits and such
The reason that I chose this version of NS (verses the newer versions): The one that I use (as well as the older ones) were the only versions that supported the old(er) NPAudio.dll MIDI/WAV plugin. Newer versions (as well as versions of Mozilla and Firefox AFAIK) require Crescendo, or some other sort of plugin that won't play MIDI or WAV files embeded within a page.
Anyhoo... as far as oldskool, I really miss my DOS version of BitCom and DOSCIM back when I was a CompuServe member LOL!
(edit) Sorry, I'm off on an oldskool ramble now LOL! Messages below posted at another forum the other day:
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Folks,
I finally got off of my arse and took the leap... we be WaveBlaster jammin' now, mahhhn!
I dug a up enough parts to throw together an AMD500, the mobo has only a single ISA slot. Had to go through 3 different SB16s to find one that worked... unfortunately, my old full-length ISA AWE32 card ( CT2760 -
http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_486DX4-100.htm ) wouldn't fit in the case properly LOL!
Anyhow, found an SB16 (CT1740) that was working, installed the WB, installed the SB16 drivers for W98SE... and now I'm hearing WB MIDI music that I haven't heard in literally years!
As an additional side benefit of the old PC:
I also have this old piece of hardware called a MasterPilot, as well as the programmable unit and cartridge for it (
http://www.quickshot.com/game_controllers/mp98value.html ). The MP works fine with my newest (most modern) PC, but the cartridge programmer has issues with any mobo with a bus speed greater than about 60-100Mhz or so.
The AMD500 mobo's bus speed can be changed in CMOS, and the MP cartridge programmer works like a champ now... a piece of hardware that hasn't been used or fired up for about 10 years or so now
(edit) P.S.
One thing that I tried for the MP... I had this brainstorm that maybe it would work in Windows 3.11 installed under DOSBox. I had read many messages on the Internet about folks who ran several CPU intensive apps simultaneously to slow things down enough for the MP cart. programmer to function properly (although, most of the messages were circa 2000, or so), and figured that DOSBox might be the answer... as I could set some of the various options of DOSBox when running W311 to slow things down.
Alas, that didn't work though, but I had a hunch that it probably wouldn't in the first place.
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Hey I remember reading about that Master Pilot thing in Computer Gaming World. 
It sounds like it is a PS/2 device? Reworks keyboard interface?
The MasterPilot connects to a standard AT or PS2 keyboard connector, the MP programmer connects to it, and then your keyboard connects to the programmer. You can also use only the MP unit itself, or just the programmer, simply by removing them from the chain.
Anyhow, the MP is basically a funny looking keyboard <grin>. The unit comes with about a 100 built-in game templates that remap each of the MP buttons and such to the various game's common functions, and then has a printed card that slips into the unit to let ya know what button does what (refer to pics at the QS link above).
With the programmer, you can create your own templates by programming the EPROM cartridge that comes with the programmer. You can assign any keyboard key or key combination to any button or witch on the MP, and then print a card to slip into the unit showing what key does what.
Anyways, a pretty handy piece of hardware, especially for the more complex flight simulators; such as Airline Simulator 2; where one could setup the MP to control nothing but the FMS and flight computers.
I had bought mine back in 1997 (US$125), but it hadn't been powered up since 2003 or so... that is, until now
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Re: WaveBlaster 1 and (the lack of) reverb
Heh, had a brainstorm...
I recorded the music "HUMAN2GM.MID" from Warcraft 2 from my WaveBlaster to a WAV file on the old PC. Copied the WAV file over to my newer PC that has my SBLive installed in it.
Played the WAV file on the new PC, using the SBLive's Environmental Audio Effects (EAX) with a lot of reverb, and re-recorded the WAV file with the reverb.
WHAMMO! Nice reverb sound from my WaveBlaster
Hehe, gave me an idea:
If one had a PC with both an SBLive, as well as an SB16 with a WaveBlaster daughterboard installed, they could patch the audio output of the SB16 to the line input of the SBLive, and use all of the SBLive's EAX effects for the WaveBlaster <grin>
Anyhoo, an MP3 for ya ->
http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Stuff/Human_2_GM.mp3 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Again, sorry for the OT ramble <grin>
