Two Ultima questions

Hi, Ultima fan. I was big Ultima fan back in 10 years. I played from
U7 to
 U8 then I quitted. I didn't play from U9 to the last series.
 But I'm trying to play U7 again. I have two questions. 

 1. Any ultima fan still play from U7 and to U10 or the the latest
release
 of Ultima online version? What is like to play the latest version
with a full
 graphic like Playstation?  

 2. My sound is PCI not soundblaster compatible. I tried to run U7 and
there is sound  conflict. Apparently the PCI card without soundblaster
compatible does not  recongized by U7 configuration. I'm using Window
98.