I've never seen a CT4520 that's neutered:
http://r.ebay.com/JSOYok
No wavetable header? Huge blank space!
What a normal CT4520 looks like:
Thats an OEM card. An AWE card without the AWE 😁 = A SB16 card. I don't know if it was Dell or Packard Bell who built them into their entry lines.
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yeah i don't quite understand why they made this. the midi synthesizer part wouldn't work without that sample rom chip, but if they want a sb16 equivalent, the highly integrated vibra16 is a solution with lower cost.
Buyer beware for certain. I suspect Dell or whoever didn't care for Dos usage so removed parts to make it cheaper.
They obviously had no idea as could have used a sb16 value, but they likely still marketed this as AWE64 regardless.
Maybe the Midi part still works under win95/98 though?
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wrote:Buyer beware for certain. I suspect Dell or whoever didn't care for Dos usage so removed parts to make it cheaper.
They obviously had no idea as could have used a sb16 value, but they likely still marketed this as AWE64 regardless.
Maybe the Midi part still works under win95/98 though?
If you set Win9x to use software synth, then yes it would still work...
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AWE64 problem-- no music in DOS
This card is Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects with software synt under windows. Is labeled CT4520 but listed as CT4525 in official List of Creative Sound Blaster Products:
http://www.ask.asia.creative.com/wwenglish/ge … _list_audio.htm
Box photo is here:
http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/tech_attribute … und-blaster-16/
(For confusing second SB16 WavEffects card was different small board CT417x with simple Vibra16 chip)
