11 Feb
2004
11 Feb
'04
4:28 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: Help ID this bizarro Sound Blaster
Yes that's what it is. I have an old setup like here somewhere in my parts
bin. The difference is mine had a Molex power connector on the second card
(so the internal PC supply provided power to the external cdrom).
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> From looking at a picture of a CT1600 (SB Pro 2) on ebay, I'm willing to
> bet (Over 93.6% sure!) that the 40-pin header is for a CDROM drive of
> some type, and the 2nd card is there so you can use the CDROM in an
> external case of some sort.
>
> In fact, looking at this page (can't get the real site to load, so using
> the google cache:
>
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:fj4ZEFuJ0m0J:th99.pley.org/i/i16snd_1.…
Search down
the page for CT1600, and you'll see it has a "CD-ROM
interface". So, I'm pretty sure that's what the board is for.
Ok, makes sense.
Thanks!