Is there a good list of PC/PCI-capable motherboards so I could know what to look for?

Oh, that makes a lot of sense, to be honest! I was thinking of going with the easiest using native Sigmatel AC' 97 to emulate SB PCM playback (which it does completely fine) under win98 and just physically mix down both of the inputs. I think even "line in" on one of the cards can handle it. Yes, …

Ok, I've run NSSI and it does report it as AdLib/SB 2.0/ SB Pro compatible. Port 220h, IRQ 5, DMA 1, HDMA n/a, MIDI Port n/a. Features: Stereo, ESS 1938/41/46 Solo-1, FM Synthesis, 16-bit DAC/ADC, 4-48kHz, PCI, DirectSound, DSound 3d. Update: I've started Descent 2 for a test and it actually detects …

I've tried Duke 3d, Duke Nukem 2, Doom, Blood, Wolf 3d. I would guess Wolf 3d isn't really in protected-mode? But still. It detects OPL but does not detect Sound Blaster. Gotta check out NSSI though. NVM. Wolf3d works flawlessly.

I have ESS Solo-1 installed and configured on my PC. It works properly under Win98 both with sound playback and MIDI/OPL playback. The problem is I can't make PCM playback work in DOS and any DOS games run under Win98. I've been trying to set different IRQ and DMAs in different games and software …