Re: What is ES1868?

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <37188C0C.MD-1.2.jules@came.demon.co.uk>, Julian Cameron
<jules@came.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >ES1868 refers to a sound card, I strongly suspect - one of the el cheapo 
>> >ESS ones.
>> 
>> It's actually a pretty good card.
>> 
>> TB - used to own one
>
>Hmm, that's a matter of opinion. Try running tomb raider on it &
>you'll see what I mean. It is great for office & internet work but
>the 2mb system ram or compatatability sorely lets it down for games.

It was very compatible.  SB Pro compatibility was in the hardware and
active as soon as the machine was started, no drivers just a set blaster
statement and it worked every time.

I did run Tomb Raider on it.

We are talking about the same card? <checks pile of old computer stuff>
oops, I'm talking about the ESS 1688.  Sorry!

TB

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