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From: andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Summary
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.163114.22703@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 91 16:31:14 GMT
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Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL
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In article <1991Feb19.224614.4287@athena.mit.edu> tarquin@athena.mit.edu (Robert P Poole) writes:
>called the Game Blaster, and it is really the "little brother" of the
>Soundblaster.  The Soundblaster basically incorporates all the hardware of the
>GameBlaster, and then includes FM hardware to emulate the AdLib card.  In this

  The GameBlaster is essentially just the CMS part of a Sound Blaster (of
which some don't come with the CMS chips!). A full Sound Blaster emulates
both the GameBlaster and the Adlib, in addition to having the digital
sound/sampling channel.