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From: fasciano@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Massimo Fasciano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SoundBlaster info needed
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Date: 19 Jul 90 19:15:38 GMT
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Hi everyone,

  I'm planning on buying a SoundBlaster and have a few
  questions on its capabilities...


First of all, does anybody know an approximate price for the
card in Canada (in a a store, not mail order)?

Is it worth the extra money or should I get the Adlib? What
does it do that the Adlib doesn't, and most of all, which
additional features are supported in games (how many games?)...
Is it 100% Adlib compatible (all the channels)?

Also, I've heard that it does A/D and D/A conversion. How good
is it? I'm not expecting CD quality of course, but how does
it compare to the MAC (8 bit, up to 22KHz sampling) or to
some arcade games that use speech and digitized sound?

Is it easy to install? I've been told it requires an IRQ line.
Which one? I suppose the IRQ number is jumper-selectable. What
lines can I use (3,4,5,7). 3,4,7 are already taken up by my serial
and parallel ports so I hope it can use 5 (or some other IRQ line
i'm not aware of).
I've also heard of a game port (option?). I already have a double game
port so I don't want to pay for another, and I don't want a conflict
between the 2. Can the one on the SB be disabled?

Does it come with good software and programming info?



		Thank you in advance for the help

		You can E-Mail me at fasciano@iro.umontreal.ca
		or post on the net if you feel the info can
		help others...




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Massimo Fasciano (fasciano@iro.umontreal.ca)