In his article, David talks about the fact that back in the days of the 286, and of course the XT before it, there was no such thing as Plug & Play. It is evident that at least some of the Creative Labs driver software is compiled to run on an 80386 or higher, and so won't work on anything lower than that. Sound Blaster 16s were produced in great quantities and today are so much cheaper to buy than, say, an Ad Lib card - even an Ad Lib clone costs $80! So why bother, I hear you ask? Why not just use a much older sound card that's "period correct" for the XT and 286 era? Well according to David it's simply a cost thing. His challenge wasn't so much about seeing if the hardware would function and more around getting the software drivers to work. I've tried a bunch of 16-bit video cards in 8-bit machines and certainly some DO work, but never a sound card. I've personally never even thought about trying to use a 16-bit sound card in an 8-bit machine, though his aim was less of a reach as he had a 286 system. I came across this little article from last year from a guy called David L.
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