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Dave Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 May 2000 06:10:41 -0800
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On 26 May 00, at 21:11, Tom Sykora wrote:

> I am making an Internet PC for my father from an old Win 3.1,
> Pentium 166 machine.  The NewCom model 1859 sound card on that
> machine is working fine with the current setup, but I can't find
> the driver disks, and since NewCom is out of business, drivers are
> hard to find.  I want to install either win95 or 98 on this
> machine.
>
> Do I have any options other than buying a new sound card?

  Although NewCom drivers may not be easy to find, odds are fairly
good that some Win9x version(s) include generic driver support for
the chipset NewCom used on that board.  I've had that happen with
NICs and video cards, as well as with sound cards.

David G

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