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- From: cheung@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Bryan Cheung)
- Subject: Sound Cards? Sound Blaster? Sound Blaster Pro??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.040326.6184@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Organization: DuPont Engineering Physics Laboratory
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 04:03:26 GMT
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- Hi,
- I am considering the purchase of a sound card for a DOS machine, and
- I am looking for info on the merits and faults of various sound cards
- available for IBM/IBM compatible PCs. Of particular interest are the
- Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro cards. A local dealer is going out
- of business and claims that $80 and $139 are "unbeatable" prices for
- these sound boards. I have several questions:
- * Just how "unbeatable" are these prices?
- * What other, superior sound boards are available & why are they superior?
- * What features of the SB Pro board are really better than the vanilla SB?
- * Are there features of the SB that were left out of the SB Pro?
- * Are there many cool apps available that take advantage of SB/SB Pro??
- * Is the programmer interface to SB/SB Pro usable/desirable/effective??
- All responses/experiences will be greatly appreciated, and I will generate
- a summary if there is interest. Please respond via email to the address
- below.
- Thanks in advance,
-
- -- Bryan Cheung
- cheung@eplrx7.es.duPont.com
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- -- Bryan Cheung
- cheung@eplrx7.es.duPont.com
- cheungbl@csoc.dnet.duPont.com
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