LGR 486 Update! Installing a Sound Blaster Pro 2.0

Unboxing a Creative Labs SB Pro 2.0 ISA sound card from 1992! Then installing it in the Woodgrain 486 DOS PC to see what it can do.

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"Middle of Nowhere 1"

[paulnash]

I know this is off topic, but I just wanted to say, Clint, you have the nicest, most positive, helpful and friendly fan base here in the comments for each video. You should be proud. Well done too LGR fans, IT IS SOOOO REFRESHING +

[gilkomfg]

Seeing Sound Cards with freaking ram slots brings a tear.

[vwestlife]

My first sound card was a Sound Blaster Pro 2.0. Fun times. :-)

[yorkshireyank]

God, I could watch Clint mess around with old PCs all day and bask in my second hand nostalgia. Can I move in buddy? We'd listen to diskette drives grind away over dinner, drape ourselves in wood grain, and frolic to the music of MIDI.

[gammaraider]

What a wonderful blast from the past. I has this exact card. I was 13, saved up the money myself, and installed it in the family's 286. All these demo programs and sounds are still etched into my memory.

[AdamThomasMusic]

I'm so glad you're doing more videos on the woodgrain 486, I couldn't get enough of the first video

[Pearcey]

I don't even know anything about old computers but this video is comfy as hell. Great content as ever Clint.

[elecblush]

This is the exact same card as my first soundblaster. Same pack-in software and everything! Nostalgia overload!

[oozekip]

Watching these videos on older PCs and hardware makes me really greatful that I'm using a computer that just works without needing to worry about if my PCs sound is compatible with everything else or any of that. Old PCs are cool and all, but man has standardization and simplification done wonders for computers in the past 20 years,

[getman]

I just really enjoy watching you play old DOS and PC games. I'm just filled with nostalgia when ever I watch your channel.

[EzraKnickelbine]

You know, I like your videos, but this video--after a stressful weekend and a hectic, anxiety-filled day--is the most relaxing thing I think you've ever done. DOS sound card talk paired with the smoothest of jazzes? So good. Thank you.

[henrydave]

Geez, just hearing that sound card brings me back! Hours of DOS games back in the day with my childhood friend. Makes me want to try and build one of these myself.

[ronch]

Looking back at all the sound cards I've had (all of them from Creative) makes me appreciate my Realtek ALC889 integrated audio. It's crazy how a tiny chip like that (with the help of the main CPU) is pretty capable, probably sounding better than a Sound Blaster Live!, and costing practically $0. Ok, maybe $2 according to a Tom's Hardware article years ago. I have an X-Fi Titanium but I just tucked it away and contented myself with the ALC889.

Btw, I had that exact Sound Blaster back in 1993-97. Good times. Having a sound card back then was really awesome.

[ironcito]

OMG, the memories! I had forgotten about much of this stuff. That talking parrot, that Dr. Sbaitso thing, I would've never remembered them if I hadn't seen them again. I think I had this exact same card, because I also got Lemmings and Indy 500 with it. This took me way back to my early teens.

[kosmosyche]

I had SB AWE32 back in the day and I distinctly remember that you had to use the string "AWEUTIL /S" (from AWE32 drivers) to enable OPL3 FM sound capability. Also you had to choose Sound Blaster 16/SB PRO/SB/Adlib in the game options/setup to hear FM music, otherwise it would play wavetable music like in your video (which, to be fair, was the main point of AWE32 in the first place).

There were also about a million versions of AWE32 cards with differrent OPL3/OPL3 compatible chips, some of them sounded exactly like SB16 (cause they used authentic Yamaha chips), but some versions, especially later "PnP" series sounded very different (and crappy) for FM synthesis.

Also the util AWEUTIL didn't work with all games, so there could be some issues there. Overall, I think AWE32 was a great soundcard for its time, very good and capable, but it was a bit of a mess from engineering and software standpoint (since CREATIVE tried to push their own proprietary standard of MIDI playback interface and their own EMU chip and it introduced some compatibility difficulties).

Also I recommend you get a working Roland Sound Canvas (SC-55 or more advanced SC-88) soundcard since that's the cards Bobby Prince used to compose MIDI music for Duke 3D and Doom (and lots of 1993-1995 games use MIDI music composed on Roland Sound Canvas, it was almost a standard MIDI soundcard for wavetable music). So it will sound just as it was meant to sound by the composer. I had one (SCC-1 actually) in 1995-2001, and it was awesome, but then was stupid enough to sell it (cause I bought SB Audigy). And of course Roland MT-32/LAPC for earlier games (1989-1993) would also be very cool. :-)

[tjeerdnet]

Keep up the good work. Watching your videos take me back to the "good old times" and it is good to see that there are many people out there who share the same interest and nostalgic feelings (according to the reactions). Great. Just great.

[FinalBaton]

The little hand gesture at 9:41 is killing me XD

[scorpian]

Been watching your content for a while and want to say a huge thank you for putting your time and effort into making these amazing videos. I grew up on the same games as you did and it's great to see people keeping vintage DOS gaming alive these days. Currently in the process of building a few machines (one for DOS/98 and one for XP era) and your channel gives me a lot of inspiration. Keep up the great work!

[gevelegian]

16:21 turned into Druaga1 for a second there.

[spartansfan]

Man, I love your videos. No one else is making content that has the same balance of information and fun that you're able to!