Re: Sound cards and CD-ROMs

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From: Lindsay Berge
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:00

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andyb@flathead.dstc.cs.uq.edu.au (Andrew Berry) writes:

>Hi all,

>I'm about to embark on the process of upgrading to a new version of
>linux (from 0.99.15 :-) and really don't want to endure the pain of the
>diskette shuffle, so I'm going to install a CD player.  Since I need a
>separate controller for the CD player, I thought I might as well go the
>whole hog and buy a sound card as well, leading to my question ...

>AndyB   (Andrew Berry)

Another option (and cheaper) is to get a 16bit IDE card from Dick Smith
(listed in the catalog at $25 but the computer said $40, I got it for $25!)
which you can use as a secondary IDE channel. It worked beautifully for
me and would permit an extra hard drive as well. There may also be advantages
to not using the IDE port on a soundcard in any case from what I have read.

Best regards, Lindsay Berge

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Date: 1996/07/31
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