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From: huffman@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Bill Huffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: C/MS Sound Chips for Sound Blaster
Message-ID: <4559@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 91 16:33:54 GMT
References: <16575@chaph.usc.edu> <SIEBERT.91Apr20211032@zetkin.opal> <1991Apr22.184115.11017@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Reply-To: huffman@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Bill Huffman)
Organization: NCR Corp., Systems Engineering - San Diego
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In article <1991Apr22.184115.11017@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Miramar [Eugene Mok]) writes:
>siebert@zetkin.opal (Steffen Siebert) writes:

>>I own a Sound Blaster, but i don't know, ... CMS Sound Chips and what they 
>>are used for. Can somebody explain me, ... why i should get the optional ones?
...
>Most games that support Adlib also have the option of Soundblaster on it.
>Will choosing one or the other make any difference if I have the CMS chips
>installed? Is it worth it getting the CMS chips if I only use the SB for
>games? Will the CMS option offer additional sound/music together with the
>Adlib compatibility of SB?
    
I got an early version of the SB, it had the CMS chips when I bought it.  My 
experience is that few games support CMS.  Those that do also support Adlib 
or SB.  The sound is better when I use the SB (or Adlib) mode.  The question 
is: What do I use the CMS chips for?

P.S. This should not be taken as a flame on SB.  It is GREAT!
Besides Adlib it has the great voice input/output capability.  Many
games (new ones) use the SB voice capability.