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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
Number 13
December 1991 Edition.
A newsletter for Sound Blaster Enthusiasts.
Edited and Published by Brad Barclay.
Assistant Editors: Todd Clayton and Karen O'Hearn
Made possible by the contributions of Sound Blaster users.
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THE SBD SUPPORTS CANADA'S POSITION AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Title: Page:
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From the Editor's Desk.........................1
From the Assistant Editor's Desk...............2
The Sound Blaster Timeline.....................3
Subscriptions..................................6
Commercial Review: Budokan....................7
Special SBD Offers!............................8
Want-Ads.......................................9
ANNUAL INDEX..................................10
Advertisements................................11
Included Files................................13
Wrapping It Up................................13
Rate Changes..................................14
Contacting Us.................................14
FORMS:
Subscription Form.............................15
Advertisement Order Form......................16
BBS Registration Form.........................17
Want-Ad Order Form............................18
SBD Demo Tape Order Form......................19
"Best of the SBD: Year 1" Order Form..........20
The Sound Blaster Digest (SBD) Copyright (c) 1991 Brad Barclay
The SBD is the result of many hours work on the part of many
people. You may copy this magazine to whomever you wish, so
long as nothing is changed, and all included files are kept
together, unless otherwise stated by the copyright holder, Brad
Barclay.
Page 1
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
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Hi everyone, and welcome to the SOUND BLASTER DIGEST, the
world's largest Sound Blaster monthly newsletter.
You have probably already noted that this month's edition is
a bit smaller then those of the past few months. Being that this
is our end-of-year issue, we are going to basically wrap up
everything that has happened in the Sound Blaster and SBD worlds.
This month we will publish our Annual SBD Index, the history of
the Sound Blaster according to the SBD, and we are going to
announce the start of the official SBD Support BBS, where you can
call and download the newest digest, leave a note to either Todd,
Karen or myself, talk about any Sound Blaster topic in one of our
many message conferences, etc. Our Assistant Editor will have
more on the BBS in our next article.
This has been an excellent past for us here at the SBD.
We have went from a minor publication to a world-class newsletter,
with contests, special offers, more authors and articles, and
better support all around. We're hoping that 1992 will be even
better: the better we do, the better the Digest becomes!
Although this issue may not be the 30 pages of the past few,
it has still taken many man-hours to prepare, and a lot of hard
work from our small staff of three. So if the size of this issue
disappoints you, think of it as a small break for us. This issue
has taken us a little less time than the previous ones, but
everybody needs a break now and then.
So enjoy the issue! We recommend that you print out our
Index page (if not the whole issue!) and keep it handy for your
reference. Keep on Blasting!
Page 2
FROM THE ASSISTANT EDITOR'S DESK:
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By Todd Clayton
As you probably know, it's word processor slinging time again,
and this time it's special. Yes, I'm typing this on a PS/1 286.
Where on earth did I get such a machine? Well, I am now employed at a
local COMPUCENTRE franchise. Quite the change from tele-marketing.
Of course, this being the 13th issue, we are offering more of
a wrap-up than an actual issue. The year in review you might say.
At any rate, as usual, I have important news for you all. As of
December 4th 1991, the SOUND BLASTER DIGEST SUPPORT BBS will go
online. We will be operating at 2400 bps, 8 bits, No Parity, and 1
Stop Bit, at (416) 840-2485. But Todd, you ask, what is there that
you have to offer? Well, I'm glad you asked! We offer only the
best .CMF, .MOD, .NST, and .VOC files. We also support all forms
of IBM utilities, Sound Blaster utilities, and other miscellaneous
files. We also offer the exclusive features of direct downloading
of the SBD on the release date. We also offer technical trouble
shooting answered directly by either Brad or I.
So what are you waiting for? Give us a call! You have NO excuse!
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Page 3
THE SOUND BLASTER TIMELINE:
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Written by Brad Barclay.
Here's a basic timeline of the history of the Sound Blaster,
including where the SBD comes into play:
Fall 1988: Creative Labs announces the release of their
Sound Blaster music card at the fall Comdex.
People everywhere hail it as an advancement in
the computer music field. Finally the average
home computer user can afford to have high
quality music on their PC or compatible. With
its compatibility with both the Ad Lib and Game
Blaster cards, plus its digitizing ability,
computer users everywhere start looking for
where they can buy the Sound Blaster.
Feb. 1989: Brad Barclay buys one of the first Sound Blaster
cards sold in Canada, and begins uploading .VOC
files to local Toronto area BBSs in an attempt
to start bringing SB users in the area together.
Summer 1989: The Sound Blaster cards begin appearing in
stores in both the US and Canada. Before this
time the card was very hard to find in many
places, but during the summer its popularity
grows, and more stores begin selling the card.
Winter 1989: Broderbund releases Prince of Persia, one of the
first commercial games to use both digitized and
synthesized sound for its effects.
Spring 1990: More and more people begin buying and using
Sound Blaster cards. Its popularity grows, and
software publishers begin to recognise it as a
potential new standard in computer music.
Creative Labs removes C/MS chips from the Sound
Blaster, cutting it from 24 voices to only 12.
Many users are outraged at this change in
hardware as being a 'decrease in quality'.
Others see it as the beginning of a new Sound
Blaster, as with the removal of the C/MS chips,
Creative Labs is able to put new and better
software in its package including a player for
its own FM music standard (Creative Music
Format (CMF)), and is able to license text-to-
speech software, along with an application for
it (Dr. Sbaitso).
Page 4
Summer 1990: The Musical Chair moves to Canada, from Kansas
and begins on its journey to becoming the worlds
largest computer-music based BBS.
Aug. 31, 1990: Brad Barclay makes his first call to The Musical
Chair.
Fall 1990: Gary Maddox releases his first version of
Blaster Master, a utility to manipulate .VOC
files. It receives acclaim from many SB users
as being what was needed to fill the infamous
".VOC void".
November 1990: The Sound Blaster Newsletter is started by an
anonymous author, who did a very poor job at
writing a Sound Blaster magazine in the opinion
of most SB users who read it. It was written
more as an E-Mail commentary, and had no credibility.
Brad Barclay, annoyed at the lack of
professionalism in the SB News talks over the
idea of writing his own SB Newsletter with the
likes of Gary Maddox and Jeff Woods.
Nov. 30 1990: Brad Barclay releases the first edition of the
Sound Blaster Digest to the general public. It
is uploaded to The Musical Chair, which was then
officially deemed the "Home of the SBD".
Dec. 1, 1990: The SBD is released to other BBS systems in the
Toronto area.
Dec. 20 1990: The SBD receives its first letter from Edward
R. Fenton, who encloses his best wishes.
Dec. 28 1990: Brad Barclay mails out the first, and only,
printed copy of the SBD to Mr. Fenton in thanks
for his contribution.
Jan. 1991: Brad Barclay receives his first subscription:
even before he announced any intentions to make
subscriptions available. This spurs him on to
make subscriptions available to the general
public. Brad Barclay drops Adam Thompson as
Assistant Editor, as he was unable to help out
with anything to do with the SBD, due to the
distance between them.
Page 5
Spring 1991: Creative Labs announces the release of the new
Sound Blaster Pro card, capable of full stereo
sound. SB users everywhere wait in eager
anticipation to hear the new multimedia capable
board in action.
June 1991: Creative Labs sends Brad Barclay a pre-release
copy of the Sound Blaster Pro. He immediately
begins plans to support the Pro card in the SBD
as soon as possible. Creative Labs applauds the
efforts of the SBD's staff.
August 1991: The SBD announces the arrival of the SB Pro and
is one of the first publications to give it a
full, comprehensive review.
Fall 1991: The SBD grows to a very large size, partly due
to a sudden surge of subscriptions. Todd
Clayton comes on as the new Assistant Editor,
and starts a new column in the SBD.
The SBD announces the sale of the SBD DEMO TAPE,
in which sales are slow for the first few months.
November 1991: The SBD celebrates its 12th issue. Sales for
the SBD DEMO TAPE rise more than anticipated.
December 1991: The SBD wraps up its first year of existence.
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Subscriptions make great gifts also! If you'd like to send a
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW: BUDOKAN
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Budokan supports up to and including VGA Graphics (320x200
resolution),and has the following Sound support: Pc Speaker, Tandy
1000, the CMS Card, the ADLIB Card, and the Roland MT-32.
Unfortunately, there is no official Sound Blaster Support, but the
game is playable emulating the ADLIB Mode. Budokan supports
Keyboard use, as well as one or two joysticks. Playability
declines when using the Joystick however, because many of the
manoeuvres involved in the game are difficult to perform when
using the joystick, but are easily done with the Keyboard.
Budokan is a game wherein you are a Martial Artist with a
high degree of training (at least a Black Belt). You are
proficient in four martial arts: Karate (bare-handed combat),
Kendo (the Way of the Sword), Bojutsu (the Art of the Stave) and
the use of Nunchaku (a sectional rod). In each of the four Dojo
you may practice solo or spar with a partner (the computer). Once
you think you've mastered all of the 30+ moves/attacks of each of
the four Arts, you may test your skill on the mats against either
the computer or a human counterpart! Unlike most combat type games,
Budokan offers four different combat modes, each of which can be
tested on another mode. You can use Karate against Kendo, Bojutsu
versus Nunchaku, or any combination of the four above combat modes.
Electronic Arts goes further yet to provide a Tournament of sorts.
It's called the Budokan (Contest of the Ways of War). Here you
combat 12 different opponents, each of which is trained in either
one of the four arts you've previously trained in, or a new art
you've never been introduced to before! Unfortunately, Electronic
Arts wants you to be versatile, so you can't fight your way through
the whole tournament with your "favourite" Martial Art. You may
only use an Art a maximum of four times during the entire
tournament, forcing you to use at least three different Arts.
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Music in the Adlib Mode is well composed, although game sound
effects are all sent through the PC Speaker as scratchy grunts and
yells, and ticks and clicks for "contact" sound effects. Only
background music is sent through the Sound Blaster. Overall,
Budokan is a difficult game to master, and highly recommended for
combat type game enthusiasts as a hefty challenge.
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Year 1: Whether you're been reading the SBD
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for you. It contains our best articles,
editorials, letters from readers, our
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best of some of the things we haven't
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quantities are limited. The SBD only
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in on our celebrations for only $7.50
per copy. Please see the attached order
form for more details.
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WANT-ADS:
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Interested in meeting or getting to know other Sound Blaster
users in your area? Wanting to trade Shareware and PD software
abroad? Then why not try a WANT-AD in the SBD? It's only $1 CDN
per month, and at that sort of price everyone can afford to buy one!
Just fill out the included WANT-ADS form, and include a cheque
or money order for the correct number of months you wish to have
your want-ad published, and mail it to us!
Advertisements for new software, hardware, or BBS's are exempt
from using the WANT-ADS: please use one of our other services for
these. The editor reserves the right to edit or refuse any want-ad.
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SBD ANNUAL INDEX:
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This is a list of all articles that have been run in the SBD
for the past year. This list does not include advertisements, or
the short articles explaining subscriptions, want-ads, etc, or any
mention of the various forms that are contained in the SBD.
Title: Issue: Page:
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Accessing the SB DAC 5 4
Better Recordings on the SB #2 12 13
Blaster Master (Review) 1 3
Blaster Master ver 2.8 (Review) 4 5
Breach 2 (Review) 10 6
Build your Own MIDI Interface 3 5
C/MS and the SB ver 1.5 11 7
Castles (Review) 10 4
Creative Voice Editor (Review) 5 3
Digital Sampling on the SB 6 3
Dragon's Lair II (Review) 10 10
Extensions, Extensions 1 6
Handy Music Chart 7 3
Help! What's Going On! 1 5
Hints & Tips 8 3
Hints/Tips 1 4
Improving your system through .VOC 2 5
JMPlayer ver 1.1 6 7
Jones in the Fast Lane (Review) 9 4
Jumpman Lives! (Review) 8 3
Lemmings (Review) 9 4
Living in a Stereo World 11 11
MasterBlazer (Review) 11 5
More Filetypes 3 4
Much Music (Review) 2 4
Playing FM on your SB 3 2
Prince Of Persia (Review) 1 2
Puzznic (Review) 12 16
Recording Studio Professional (Review) 12 5
Rise of the Dragon (Review) 5 6
SB Pro Preview 7 4
SBP Software (Review) 10 12
Secret of Monkey Island (Review) 10 8
Silpheed (Review) 4 3
Sim Earth (Review) 9 11
Sound Blaster: Yesterday and Today 1 7
Space Ace (Review) 2 3
Spellcasting 101 (Review) 9 7
Sputter ver 1.15 (Review) 5 8
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Tetra (Review) 9 6
The Thunder Board (Review) 9 13
The Sound Blaster Pro (Review) 9 8
Tongue of the Fatman (Review) 9 12
TrakBlaster ver 2.0 (Review) 6 5
VOC_SHOW (Review) 12 18
Voice Blaster (Review) 10 5
VOUT vs. VPLAY 2 8
What is C/MS 4 4
Wing Commander II (Review) 12 9
Wing Commander (Review) 9 16
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
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Do you run a BBS? Have you written a piece of software? Do
you write custom music? If so, you may be interested in an
advertisement in the SBD. Thousands of SOUND BLASTER users read
the SBD every month, and many even have it delivered right to
their door. So if you give some sort of special support to those
people who use the SOUND BLASTER, advertising in the SBD would be
the logical choice!
Here's a list of our rates, effective January 1st 1992:
Number of lines: Cost:
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11 - 30 $5 / Month
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in Canadian dollars.
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Through special arrangement, a limited pressing of 75 discs is being
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For a mere $99, you can have EVERY SB, Adlib, Midi, .MOD, .STM and music
utility file you will find on The Musical Chair, on permanent CD-ROM!
Also included are 350 megs of the absolute latest and greatest in
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Totals for the Musical Chair CD-ROM 10,056 656,245,748
The Musical Chair also sells CD-ROM players at very competitive rates!
Contact The Musical Chair's DJ, Jeff Woods, at: 416-724-6014 via modem,
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TMC has the complete listing of all files, as well as an order form and
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Thanks for your support of The Musical Chair!
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INCLUDED FILES...
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Here's a list of this month's included files:
SMWOTHER.CMF
TMNT.CMF A few song files sent to us this
month for your enjoyment.
SURVEY.FRM This is the final month for you
to fill out and send in yo++ur
completed survey form.
GREETING.VOC A special holiday greeting from
Brad Barclay, editor of the SBD.
(Subscribers Only).
SBDBBS.TXT Our Regestered BBS List.
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WRAPPING IT UP...
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Well, this is it for our 1991 publishing year. We hope that
this issue has been of use to you, and that you will enjoy the
holiday season for whichever holiday you celebrate.
We would also like to wish you the best for the New Year: you
probably won't be hearing much from us until then.
But most importantly, if you drink this holiday season, please
don't drive.
Many thanks go our to Jeff Woods, Gary Maddox, Mr. Goh from
Creative Labs, Bill Gallagher, Todd Clayton, and most of all Karen
O'Hearn, my lovely woman. Karen, you're the one I most wish to
spend my holidays with.
Happy Holidays from all of us here at the SBD, and may you and
your family enjoy the rest of the year.
Until 1991,
Sincerely,
Brad Barclay,
Todd Clayton, and
Karen O'Hearn,
The SBD Staff.
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RATE CHANGES FOR THE NEW YEAR:
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You may have noticed that in this issue, many of the prices of
our services have either been raised or lowered. Some of our
services, we feel, were overpriced, such as our advertising rates.
Others, such as our subscription rates, have been losing us money
for nearly a year now. The rates listed in this issue are effective
as of December 1st 1991. Any payments postmarked after this date
will be returned to the sender for changing of payment (either
raising or lowering). We apologise for any inconvenience this may
cause. Thank-you.
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CONTACTING US:
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If you wish to contact us, please feel free to write us at the
following address:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
36 Sutter Ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA L6Z 1G7
Or phone between 17:30 and 22:00 Eastern Standard Time at:
(416) 846-5599
Three BBS systems have special support of SBD Readers. You
can contact us at any of the following BBS's (See the enclosed BBS
list for telephone numbers):
The Musical Chair (Conference 23)
SUPER SONIC BBS.
The SBD Support BBS
Also, The Musical Chair and SUPER SONIC have special passwords
for SBD readers to quickly download the SBD. These are:
The Musical Chair: SUPER SONIC:
Name: SB DIGEST Name: SB DIGEST
Password: MUSICAL Password: SONIC
We hope to hear from you soon!
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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST SUBSCRIPTION FORM
======================================
Please enclose a cheque or money order (sorry, I don't accept
any major or minor credit cards) for $30 CDN for Canadian orders,
or $30 US for American orders. Overseas enclose $40 Canadian
funds, payable on a Canadian bank. Please fill out all the
spaces provided (except where marked optional), and mail it to
the address below. MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY!
NAME:_____________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________
City, Province/State:_______________________
Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________
PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________
DISKETTE TYPE: (check one):
_ _
<_> 5.25" <_> 3.5"
OPTIONAL: Please fill this out if possible.
Age:____________ Sound Blaster version:_______________
Occupation:________________
Most frequently called BBS (name only):__________________
COMMENTS: Please fill this out also!
How would you rate THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST (circle one):
POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA. L6Z 1G7
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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT ORDER FORM
=============================================
Please fill out this form, and mail it, along with a cheque (see
above for pricings), along with an ASCII only, typed copy of your
ad, and mail it to the address below. PLEASE MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY
ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY!
NAME:_____________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________
City, Province/State:_______________________
Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________
PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________
BEST TIMES AVAILABLE:_________________________________________
Please mail this form, along with your cheque and a copy of the
ad as described above, along with any other comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA. L6Z 1G7
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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST BBS REGISTRATION
=====================================
This is a free service of THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST, intended to
allow greater access to Sound Blaster files. Please fill out all
blanks (except where marked optional), and send to the address below:
LIST INFORMATION:
Name of BBS:___________________________________________
Sysop's Name:___________________________________________
City, Province/State:___________________________________
Phone Number (remember the area code!):_________________
Min/Max Transmission speed:_____________________________
OTHER INFORMATION:
Although not included in the BBS listing, this information is
important for our records.
How long has the BBS been running:_________________________
Do you have a Music/Sound Card conference, message area, or
file area set aside?:______________________________________
Does your BBS support Sound Blaster files?:________________
Anything else you can think of to say that would show off your
BBS, please write it down here:
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Mail this form, along with any extra comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter Ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA. L6Z 1G7
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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST WANT-ADS ORDER FORM
========================================
Please fill out this form and enclose a cheque or money
order payable on a Canadian bank for $1 CDN per month of
publication, and mail it to the address below. BE SURE TO MAKE
THE CHEQUE OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY!
NAME:_____________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________
City, Province/State:_______________________
Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________
PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________
YOUR WANT-AD:
Please write what you'd like your ad to read in the lines
below. No more than 80 characters (including spaces) per line, 5
lines maximum. Letter, numerical and punctuation marks only.
Uppercase and lower case will be in the SBD as you write them
below. English only, and please print!
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter Ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA L6Z 1G7
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ORDER FORM: THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST DEMO TAPE
===============================================
Please enclose a cheque or money order (sorry, I don't accept
any major or minor credit cards) for $7.50 CDN for Canadian
orders, or $7.50 US for American orders. Overseas enclose $10
Canadian funds, payable on a Canadian bank. Please fill out all
the spaces provided (except where marked optional), and mail it to
the address below. MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY!
NAME:_____________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________
City, Province/State:_______________________
Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________
PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________
MUSIC FORMAT: In which Sound Blaster music file format are you
the most interested? (Circle all of interest).
.CMF .JMP .MID .MOD .NST .ORG .ROL .VOC
Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA. L6Z 1G7
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ORDER FORM: THE BEST OF THE SBD: YEAR 1
=========================================
Please enclose a cheque or money order (sorry, I don't accept
any major or minor credit cards) for $10.00 CDN for Canadian
orders, or $10.00 US for American orders. Overseas enclose $15
Canadian funds, payable on a Canadian bank. Please fill out all
the spaces provided (except where marked optional), and mail it to
the address below. MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY!
NAME:_____________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________
City, Province/State:_______________________
Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________
PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________
DISKETTE TYPE: (check one):
_ _
<_> 5.25" <_> 3.5"
PAST ISSUES: Which issues of the SBD have you read?
(Circle all that apply):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to:
SOUND BLASTER DIGEST
c/o Brad Barclay
36 Sutter ave.
Brampton, Ontario
CANADA. L6Z 1G7
