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- From: ral@athens.cc.bellcore.com ()
- Subject: Recommendations for CD-ROM with Soundblaster?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 07:04:00 GMT
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- Can anyone give me recommendations for buying a CD-ROM drive to
- be used with a Soundblaster Pro/Soundblaster 16? Since the 16
- is coming out in a few weeks (as I understand it), it's probably
- a better idea to wait for it than to buy the older Pro.
-
- I'd also like to connect a CD-ROM drive to the Soundblaster Pro or
- 16. What CD-ROM drives would be recommended? In particular,
- does anyone have opinions of the Panasonic CD-ROM drive that
- Creative Labs is bundling with the Pro in the Multimedia Starter
- package? Would it be better to buy the drive and sound card
- as separates?
-
- What kind of interface between the CD-ROM drive and sound card
- works well? I hear that you can connect the headphone output of
- the CD-ROM drive to the analog input of the soundcard (would
- this be the microphone input?), and I also hear about a 3- or 4-wire
- cable for doing some kind of connection. What's the story?
-
- Any help would be appreciated.
-
- Ron Levenberg
- ral@cc.bellcore.com
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