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Dale Mentzer <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:05:37 -0500
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Ian,

The Sound Blaster 16 card I have in front of me as I write this is a CT2290. I hope that helps.

Regards,
Dale Mentzer

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>Date:    Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:23:54 +1200
>From:    Ian <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: AC 97 Sound - ISA Soundblaster cards
>
>Jun, I note that in your comment about AC97, you refer to SoundBlaster
>cards, and wondered if maybe you (or anyone else, natch) can comment on
>some
>of the old Creative ISA SB16 cards.
>
>I had one of these cards for years, shifting it from pc to pc as I upgraded
>my systems and finally sold it when motherboards stopped providing ISA
>slots.
>
>My problem now is that I want to find the same card again, to put into a
>DOS
>system for playing old games like Delphine's Flashback, and I can't
>remember
>the card model.
>
>I remember only that it was huge, around 12" long.  I've managed to locate
>one that looks the same but it's labelled 'CT3600', which I think might be
>an AWE32 card, not the same thing as my old SB16, which never failed to be
>recognised in DOS, and performed flawlessly.
>
>Another card which I bought sight unseen via the local auction website, and
>which had been advertised as 'SB16', turned out to be a Soundblaster
>Vibra16, a half-size model labelled on-card as a 'CT4180'
>
>So - in a nutshell, what I'm trying to find out is: What is the model
>number
>likely to be of my old SB16 card?  I guess it'll be 'CT..something', and I
>don't imagine that Creative made too many models of these full-size ISA
>boards.
>
>
>
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys Inc.
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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>

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