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From: paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gameblaster Card
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.205155.16509@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 10 Aug 90 20:51:55 GMT
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In article <15090006@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>I am interested in purchasing a Sound card for my AT-286 - I would like
>>to purchase an Ad-Lib card but I may have to settle for a GameBlaster 
>>Card due to funds...
>
>Adlib cards can be bought for as low as $140. Considering the major
>difference in game support, a Gameblaster is a penny wise pound foolish
>purchase. It would be a waste of money.

Why not buy the SoundBlaster card?  This is the next model from
Creative Labs, Inc.  It has these features:
	o fully GameBlaster compatible
	o 11-voice FM (AdLib compatible)
	o 12 voice stereo C/MS music
	o 1 digitized voice channel
	o Voice input channel, with microphone jack
	o on-board 4 watts per channel amplifier
	o standard game i/o port
	o MIDI interface
	o lots of bundled software

-- 
Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz