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searles
July 13th, 2008, 03:15
I have an old laptop with no sound card. I was curious on whether there is any way to implement sound through the 8 bit sound card
ulaoulao
July 14th, 2008, 23:34
you want to produce sounds on an 8 bit sound card (guessing isa) via a laptop.??? your mad..

think simpler. .. Try a usb sound card. Assuming your laptop has that.
searles
July 15th, 2008, 19:54
No USB ports. You can see the predicament I'm in.
ulaoulao
July 15th, 2008, 20:26
There are no external ports that will carry data fast enough for you to produce sound, uless you have and can afford pcmcia.

http://search.ebay.com/pcmcia-sound-card_W0QQcatrefZC6QQdfspZ32QQfromZR40QQfsooZ2QQfso pZ32QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQpqryZpmciaQ20soundQ20cardQQs abfmtsZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsofocusZbs


Option for you. My buddy did a parallel port emulator for the old adlib cards.

http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/adlib/adlib_en.php

It is very easy to make, but may require a skill you dont wish to try.. Just an option.