> Well RB I still uses WinXP here with a Creative SB Live + Creative gameport and a MS > Sidewinder Gamepad and it doesn´t really works without the DIRECT INPUT 7. > Yeah you are right my OS is about 14 years life time but I still do on my old XP > machine.
Well, hopefully your machine will break soon so you're forced to upgrade. Even the Jesus Christ of MAME kiddies himself, Robbbbbbert, managed to get a Windows 7 and a Win 8 machine for cheap, with any luck his doe-eyed sycophants can follow suit soon enough.