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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gameblaster Card
Message-ID: <15090008@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 90 22:03:53 GMT
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>The GameBlaster is being sold for $69 at Radio Shacks, so there is
>still quite a difference (100%). The SoundBlaster can be gotten for
>$179 anyway, so if your willing to fork over for Adlib, maybe it is
>worth $39 to get the MIDI port, game adapter, DAC and extra voices...
>Just a matter of economics.

It's more than economics. Buying a GameBlaster is wasted money as
very few games support that card and it appears the number will
decline relative to Adlib as time goes by. $140 for a card that can 
be used for the next 5 years is much cheaper than $69 for a card
that may not be of any use after 1 year.

			   Danny Low
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