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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM stuff/multi
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.174140.16453@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1jo53mINNnha@almaak.usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:41:40 GMT
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- In article <1jo53mINNnha@almaak.usc.edu> durby@almaak.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
- >I have ordered a Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM this week, to be connected to my
- >AMI SCSI-2 adapter, which uses the AHA154X drivers. My vendor has
- >suggested that I purchase and ATI (multimedia??) Card to go with it,
- >which apparently is much less expensive than the Soundblaster, but
- >which uses the SB drivers. The ATI also seemingly comes with speakers.
- >My question is this: Is the ATI an okay card to use under OS/2? If
- >not, which card seems best??? Is the SB or the PAS superior to this
- >ATI card??? TIA!!
-
- I would stay away from it. Try one of the Creative Labs SoundBlasters
- or the IBM M-Audio adapter (which is available in both AT bus and
- Microchannel models, as is the SoundBlaster). The PAS drivers are in
- beta right now, so I would still lean toward either the IBM or
- SoundBlaster.
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