First post, by Ultrax
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Hello all! This is my first forum post here. This looks like a nice community and I hope to stay. 😀
I recently won an eBay auction for a Compaq Presario 433 - it's not here yet, but it's an all-in-one from 1994 with a 33 MHz 486 SX processor, and 4 MB of RAM (to be upgraded). It's so cute and I'm just getting into vintage computers and such. I've been wanting something vintage like this forever so I'm happy I'm finally able to expand my computer (from today now back to 1994!) collection. This stuff really fascinates me. However, I'm stumped when it comes to audio in vintage DOS/Windows 3.1 games.
The computer, as do most 486 machines, has no sound card. I wish to purchase one - but the question is, which one?
I mean, I could go with a SB16, but the different models confuse me. So my question is, what sound card from back then is the best for retro DOS games and such? My main concern is the drivers. I'll be buying blank floppies and a USB floppy drive for my modern PC. It needs to have widely available drivers I can download online and run on the Compaq.
And I'd also need instructions on how to do it - do I run the setup from within Win3.1 or from DOS, etc..
Looking forward to hearing from y'all!
~Ultrax
Ultrax
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