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- Path: sparky!uunet!tension!shogun
- From: shogun@tension.UUCP (Jay Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
- References: <Orakel.52@sarpih.no>
- Message-ID: <shogun.09eu@tension.UUCP>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 11:46:57 EST
- Organization: High Tension BBS
- Lines: 27
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- In article <Orakel.52@sarpih.no>, Orakel@sarpih.no (Jens Kr. Kirkeb¢) writes:
- >>> $100 for basic, $150 for stereo version. Yes it is kind of expensive,
- >>>but then it does sound better than an Amiga.
- >
- >>On the contrary, I've heard BOTH, and I think it sounds like a Nintendo,
- >>which is garbage. Face it, the best IBM sound card SUCKS!!
- >
- >If you think a SB is the best IBM PC soundcard, you are in some
- >very serious trouble:-))
- >Actulally, it's one of the WORST soundcards! Take a look at Gravis
- >Ultrasound, Turtle Beach Multisound, or some of the new cards based on
- >the Aria chipset. All of them is an order of magnitude better than a SB
- >or standard Amiga. Don't know how they compare to the A3000 or A4000 since
- >I don't know anything 'bout them.
- >
- >Jens Kr. Kirkeb¢
- What will run these sound cards? Everything I have seen for the IBM
- requires SB, SBPro, or AdLib. Those seem to be the standard soundcards out
- there. They are o.k., but I have continuously been unimpressed with what I
- have heard. On the other hand, whenever a pc user heard me playing Wings they
- always became green with envy.
- Jay Brown
-
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- IBM MAKES IT IN BULK...MACINTOSH MAKES IT POPULAR, BUT ONLY AMIGA MAKES IT
- POSSIBLE.
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