So I've done a 360, having to change the soundcard for the sake of a funky bios I'm not going to do. I've reverted to the most recent Gateway bios, which is 1.00.10 BROT.
Decided to go with a 4GB SD card, which is large for this system. Reinstalling Win 98 again.
I found this ISA RealMagic EM8010 mpeg decoder card and randomly I stumbled upon the correct cable! 👍
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I've just got to give it a quick clean and also sort out the bracket.
One of the threads had snapped off inside, and wasn't easy to get out.
Good to go!
REALmagic EM8010 ISA MPEG Audio/Video Accelerator - Net stream 1 (53-000517)
Although this card is a little too old for this system, more suited to a 486 or older, I want to test it out and maybe use it on another older machine (like my favourite 386). Hopefully it works ok.
I've recorded a 12 minute update video, I can't upload it here as it's too big, so here's the link:
Gateway 2000 Refurb / Rescue Update - Soundblaster 128 PCI in MS-DOS and next steps<
https://youtu.be/Xfpwz9k3cMo?si=h1vbypYcaCSFscLq
Good evening folks, if you haven't wanted my update video, reverting the BIOS did the trick!
I've now got a Soundblaster 128 PCI fully working in MS-DOS.
Here's the Windows 98 startup sound to celebrate 🎊
One of my all-time favourites:
Descent II, can't wait to properly play this, like I did back in the day! 🤘
Heretic sound test in MS-DOS:
SFX: Soundblaster
Music: General Midi
NEC D720101 - Windows 9x compatible USB 2.0 card for, bought for £1! 👍
Gammitin (Ben) 💾