Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!connected.com!beauty!rwing!eskimo!daedulus From: daedulus@eskimo.com (Erik Hermansen) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Should I buy Creative Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 94 09:01:20 GMT References: <9404210015456282@comedy.com> Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Lines: 41 In article <9404210015456282@comedy.com>, John Ochenduszko wrote: > >BM> Subject: Should I buy Creative Labs CD-ROM > BM> Date: 19 Apr 1994 06:16:34 GMT > BM> Message-ID: <2ovt02$muc@tribune.usask.ca> > BM> Organization: University of Saskatchewan > >BM> eview of the Creative Labs's CD-ROM player but have not been able to > BM> locate any . Does anybody have any information on these players? Are > BM> they worth buying i n > BM> a kit? The reason I wanted this kit is that I know the Sound Blaster > >I had a SB-16 card and bought the CD-ROM separately. The total cost came to >about the same as the kit except that the kit usually includes a few CD-ROM >disks as well. The drive and card work great together and the SB 16 is a >fine card. Other cards may be purported to be better than the SB 16 but for >my money the SB is an industry standard and is as dependable as they come. > >Regards... > John > Internet: john.ochenduszko@comedy.com > FIDO : 1:246/60 > >___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 To add my bit, I'll say that I've had no problems at all with the Creative Labs kit, which for me is saying a lot, since every component I buy seems to break, or need tweaking, or require me to purchase something else to get it to work. -Erik Hermansen