| Click on these links to download the latest known drivers for the Sound
Piper 16 Microchannel sound card. There are four 1.44 MB disks, comprising
drivers for Windows 3.1x & 95, Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0, and OS/2
Warp. Unzip using PKUNZIP -d. Please be aware that these drivers
may not work properly with all SP16 cards; Piper Research was offering
a free firmware upgrade for the SP16 in conjunction with the release of
this driver set to fix some bugs with the card.
Since Piper seems to no longer be around, neither are the firmware upgrades.
Even with the latest rev, these cards do not always work in the fastest
PS/2 Model 95/Server 500 machines; if your card seems to be bad, try it
in a slower machine! If anyone has any information on the current
status of Piper, please E-Mail
me. For the best tech support available, join us in the comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
newsgroup (it's free!).
For Windows 3.x, run Setup from Disk 1. Windows 9x users, refer
to WIN95.TXT on Disk 2. Warp and NT users please refer to the README.TXT
file on the disks.
The Piper 16/32 drivers listed below appear to be for the ESS1688 chipset;
I don't know at this point if they are backwards compatible with the ESS688
used on the SP16. The ADF included in the 3.01 ZIP appears to be
written for both cards. Use at your own risk, and let me know how
it works out.
These drivers are provided without any warranty of any kind, express
or implied. The disks are virus-free (to the best of my knowledge)
as of the time of upload, but you are using them at your own risk.
I am not associated in any way with Piper Research, IBM, or ESS Technologies |
