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First post, by candle_86

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Ok question is it possible under Windows 98 to install Dual Sound Cards, I ask because my Audigy is missing the extension card and cable, so no game port, but I want to use my Gravis game controller. I have an ESS Solo1 soundcard as well. Can I install this soundcard next to my Audigy to use the gameport on it?

Reply 1 of 3, by HighTreason

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Should be fine, provided you don't have the DOS drivers installed for the Audigy.

I have a 98 box that has multiple audio boards; AWE64 Gold, SW1000XG, CMI8738. The 8738 is mostly just used as a trigger in sequencing/editing programs and as an extra MIDI/Game port. The setup worked fine, it still worked with an SCC-1 thrown onto the pile, but I removed that as the machine was overkill for it and it was not welcome in a machine I use to do actual work anyway.

It may be wise to turn off your parallel port and any serial ports you aren't using to free up the IRQs (And possibly a DMA channel too) though.

For convenience sake, I have a shortcut to the Multimedia applet in the Control Panel on my desktop so I can quickly meddle with the board I am using to output Windows audio or the MIDI mapper as older Windows versions let you use multiple synthesizers simultaneously without having to start a sequencing program - though the capabilities were limited. The only reason I rattle on about MIDI/Sequencing is that this uses the game ports and I've never had trouble with it outside of issues specific to a particular card that would arise in any machine without the other cards present anyway.

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Reply 2 of 3, by candle_86

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yea the SB16 Dos driver is installed because I play some dos games as well. I suppose I can reinstall my Live and pull the Audigy instead.

Reply 3 of 3, by obobskivich

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The game port extension cable for the Audigy shouldn't be too hard to replace. A quick look on ebay and it seems the entire card + gameport extension can be found for around $10-$20, and the expansion slot piece with the ribbon cable for less.