[KLUG Members] Re: Sound card -- $15 SBPCI128/ES1373 4-output (Part 2)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 21:05, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> This was an OEM version of the SoundBlaster PCI128 (P/N CT4750) ...
> You can still get them, the same, exact P/N CT4750, at Comp-U-Plus ...
> only $15 now! ... http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?id=58

Okay, I was just checking the Creative web site and they now call the
CT4750 the "SoundBlaster [PCI] Vibra128" alongside the CT4783.  The
product page his here:
http://www.americas.creative.com/support/specs/general.asp?Centric=51&sub=103

Now I can only "assume" the CT4783 is the 3-plug in/mic/out (plus
MIDI/game) output version that you see on the shelf -- although many
3-plug ES1371/1373-based cards have software-selectable output (you can
use the "in" as "rear out").  _Every_ CT4750 I've bought from
Comp-U-Plus has 4-plug in/mic/front/rear (plus MIDI/game) so there are
no such issues.  The spec page doesn't mention the 4-plug, but the
CT4750s I get from Comp-U-Plus do (and they say "4-output" on their page
too).

I also noticed that Comp-U-Plus has both the OEM version of the
SoundBlaster Live! Value:
http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?id=54
And OEM version of the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 [MP3+, Gamer, Other?]:
http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?id=409

For $27/each.  No CTxxx P/Ns are listed on the Comp-U-Plus site though,
so it's anyone's guess as to their _exact_ CTxxxx P/Ns.

-- Bryan

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