I had that exact same card back in the day and it was very cheap, sound quality was really AWFUL. Yes, The sound is NOT the quality of a Sound blaster that is for sure. This Diamond card has more bass than clarity and there is NO way to modify the audio with the software that is provided by this …

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Update: Waiting on parts. 1) VLB controller card 2) Memory 64mb EDO ( 4x16mb dimms )

It's and Epson SD-800/700 floppy drive. The 3.5" drive is NOT working correctly. Heads need repair or cleaning. Unable to read disk.

I also have some Intel 486dx2-50 and dx4-100 CPU that I was planning to use in a 486 build however I can not find an good socket-3 motherboard. So I might just put these in these Gateway's. What do you think? Keep it original or Max it out ? I also have some L2 cache saved up from 1993. I can max it …

Yes, I am just using this card right now for the cdrom controller. I plan on using the Sound blaster Vibra 16 ISA which is not that great but may be a little better in sound quality. The problem is I only have ISA and VLB slots for cards. If I can find an Sound Blaster AWE32 or AWE64 ISA card then I …

I bought these back around 1995 and had them lying around. I was able to get these to work with Win_311 and DOS 6.22 Diamond Sound Card ISA MF-009

Update: I was able to get one of my Gateway 2000 computers working. I used the Diamond sound card with CDROM interface to get the CDROM working. However I could not get this card to work with WinNT351. I need the CDROM driver for this card so I can install WinNT351. Does anyone know what and where I …

The computer and floppy drive looks like this:

Update: I have two of these computers. I was able to get one of then to work and boot off the 3.5" floppy okay. So it turns out that one of my combo floppy drives is not working. It could not read the 3.5" floppy. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this ? I did clean the heads with isopropyl …

Hello, I have a Gateway 2000 486dx 33 desktop computer that I would like to get back up and running. I recycled my old 486 computers from 1993 and I wish I had kept them. So I purchased some used 486 motherboards however had had no luck trying to get them working. I recently purchased 2 of these …