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From: bob@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert A Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Sound cards
Message-ID: <1990Dec31.231057.20001@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 31 Dec 90 23:10:57 GMT
References: <9895@lanl.gov> <1990Dec28.165028.20181@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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In article <1990Dec28.165028.20181@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes:
>From article <9895@lanl.gov>, by rdw2030@venus.tamu.edu:
>> Which ones support stereo, sampling, MIDI?  Which ones can emulate other 
>> boards?  Any other pertinent info...

>Adlib supports 11-voice mono FM music (only?), while SoundBlaster supports
>the same 11-voice FM music, plus 12-voice stereo CMS music, digitized sound
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                   This now costs extra.

>sampling (4kHz to 23kHz?), digitized voice output, MIDI (optional box 
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                    The "MIDI" is not
true MIDI and is not compatible with Roland or anything that would
make it useful.

>required), joystick port, includes a voice synthesizer, and some
>user-play-around softwares.  More important to microchannel computer
>users, the micro-channel SoundBlaster is coming out in about 2 months...

If you don't have a mint, the SB is the way to go though...just for
the digital sound that it adds to the AdLib compatibility.
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