> HI,
> 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?

        Ouch, well, have you let win95/98 try to auto detect the card? It is
possible that win95/98 already has the drivers for the chipset the card
uses. If that doesn't work, www.driverguide.com is a pretty good place to
find lost drivers (they require a password to enter, but signup is fast and
free, I'd give you the password but I forgot it long ago and IE just has it
saved for me). http://www.driverguide.com/boards/newcom/5.html
http://www.driverguide.com/boards/sound-cards2/929.html
http://www.driverguide.com/boards/sound-cards2/870.html
http://www.driverguide.com/boards/sound-cards/328.html
These posters might have info you need. If worst comes to worst, sound cards
are quite cheap these days, chances are you'll be able to find a SB 16 for
probably around $15US on the used market, probably less. Hope this helped,
TTYL

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