For the last 2 weeks I have come home every night after work and tried to get multiple PCI sound cards to work in pure DOS on my IBM NetVista with no luck. I tried multiple models and configurations and every time I thought I was getting close, I failed. Really frustrating.
Well today I picked up another computer, this time a Gateway Essential 500 from a guy on CL. I hooked it up, setup my autoexec.bat and config.sys files, then tested a Creative CT5803 card for the first time. And just like that, it worked perfectly!
I will post some notes on the current setup and the sound cards I tried previously. This has been an absolute pain staking process and I am glad this part is over. I want to give a shout out to PinsAndVids on YouTube (awarner on here) for getting me started with his ZVG video series. Without him, I would probably still be in the dark.
Time for a beer.
Well today I picked up another computer, this time a Gateway Essential 500 from a guy on CL. I hooked it up, setup my autoexec.bat and config.sys files, then tested a Creative CT5803 card for the first time. And just like that, it worked perfectly!
I will post some notes on the current setup and the sound cards I tried previously. This has been an absolute pain staking process and I am glad this part is over. I want to give a shout out to PinsAndVids on YouTube (awarner on here) for getting me started with his ZVG video series. Without him, I would probably still be in the dark.
Time for a beer.

