Sphere478 wrote on 2021-03-11, 06:28:
darry wrote on 2021-03-11, 05:17:
Dragonslayer182 wrote on 2021-03-11, 04:46:
Alright, I suppose this card is out of the question for 98 gaming. Are there any 98-compatible PCMCIA sound cards that I could use?
Why not get a modern USB sound device that is class compliant (https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/usa/en/blog/ou … should-i-use-it) and use that ? They work under Windows 98 SE and ME, at least . See Re: need temporary sound
a Audigy would be nice for cpu offloading. too bad it sounds like it won't work.
IMHO, before wishing for CPU offloading, just finding a card that
a) is Cardbus compatible (the T30 has a Cardbus slot see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/CardBus_slot and has backwards compatibility with PCMCIA, AFAICT)
b) has Windows 9x drivers
c) is actually available for purchase
d) is not being sold for an insane price
is challenge enough .
Once you get a list of those, you can start comparing feature sets and nice things to have . On Ebay.com , for example, there are currently two matches if we consider only "a" and none if we consider any of the other criteria .
Class compliant USB audio devices are virtually guaranteed to work, plentiful and cheap . If nothing else, one can be used as a temporary solution until something better is found .
