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- From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
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- Subject: Re: What's the difference: SoundBlaster vs. Pro vs. Pro-Basic?
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- Date: 15 Sep 92 14:24:36 GMT
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- In article <20371@drutx.ATT.COM>, dfh@dwroll.att.com (D461-David_F_Haertig(Dave)83040) writes:
- |> What's the difference between the SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, and
- |> the SoundBlaster Pro Basic? I'm looking mostly for a sound source for
- |> game playing. The SoundBlaster products seem to be the most prevalent
- |> in my local stores, but what about the others (ThunderBoard, Adlib, etc)?
- |>
- |> What's a MIDI Interface? I guess since I don't know what one is, I
- |> don't need one - but I'm still curious.
- |>
- |> Email replies are probably best (fastest), since I may just go out and
- |> buy one of these things this week. The SoundBlaster is on sale for $89
- |> this week at our local Best Buy store, so I'd like to get the sale
- |> price if this is the board I decide on. EggHead has the Pro-Basic
- |> on sale for $159 also. Are these good prices?
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- The big difference between SoundBlaster and SoundBlaster Pro is that the
- Pro will interface with many different CD-ROM controllers resulting in
- multimedia. I do not know the other board.
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- Check differt Mail order houses, PC Connection, etc.
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