A very good and unexpensive sound card is SoundBlaster 64 PCI
(or Ensoniq AudioPCI 64 - these two are the same).

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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> The local dealer has some sound cards for about $20.  I
> hypothesize that these cards probably would have been
> state-of-the-art five years ago, and, therefore, would do
> fine for her - as opposed to spending nearly $100 for a
> current SB or the like, which would have all sorts of
> bells and whistles that she does not need.

Don't buy a $20 card. They are probably only SB-Pro compatible (8-bit
sound) and have a lot of other problems as well -- otherwise they wouldn't
be sold for $20.

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