[Lowfer] Re: Soundcard question and...

[Peter Barick]

For the on-going soundcard matter--harrump--now saga...

Here's some specs from Creative Labs and their Sound Blaster application for a PCMCIA add-on.

It's for their S-B Audigy-2 Z5 CardBus version. (Note the many variants for this genre of portable devices. The latest is called Express Card [has a discernable notch on the plug end] ) But the prior one was called CardBus (32bit). Before that simply PCMCIA (16bit). (ahhh, where will it all end?  ;-)
Also, S-B does mention Vista, and offers drivers for download.
I don't have knowledge of Vista, only a recent interest in these add-on devices.
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A combined Line-In / Microphone-In and Optical-In jack provides the flexibility to record from virtually anything!  
The convenient headphone-out doubles as an optical-out so you can listen over headphones or record to your
digital music player. 
The multichannel speaker jack lets you connect and disconnect your speakers with one simple cable! 

Technical Specifications * 
High Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) exceeding 104 dB using high linearity, low distortion 24-bit converters with
resolutions of up to 192 kHz 
Playback: 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96 kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output,
192kHz for Stereo DVD-A 
Recording: 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of stereo analog inputs at 96 kHz sample rate 
Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format of up to 24-bit/96 kHz quality at selectable sampling
rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz  
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IMO, Tanton's long-lasting 'treatise' is way overboard for the original poster's query and does nothing to shed light on what should be an end-user application, not a problem of commercial proportions  :=)
Plus, not knowing a lot about Tanton's particular industry I missed much of his last post's meaning or intent. Sorry, Ed.

Peter
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>>> "Ed Tanton" <n4xy at earthlink.net> 12/23/07 10:06 AM >>>
Besides the book on Vista I went through, I spent a couple of hours on one
of our Q-A PCs looking at the areas pertaining to what we do. I saw not ONE
thing that made a difference to look and feel. There were some things that
were different, but not necessarily better. I do not expect any of you will
have a problem using it-hardware requirements notwithstanding.

My company sells Dental Practice Management Systems, and other Dental
Office-related Imaging Software and Hardware. There ARE some things about
the way Vista handles drivers
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