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VENDOR: New Crystalizer Sound Card offers Full-duplex support for OS/2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Mielke)
Sat Dec 6 12:28:19 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 05 Dec 1997 23:11:00 -0400
From: CMielke@lnd.com (Chris Mielke)
Reply-To: CMielke@lnd.com (Chris Mielke)
Reply-to: CMielke@lnd.com (Chris Mielke)
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I got a news release in the mail today from The Crystal Computer Corporation,
I had talked to their President Jim Melin a number of weeks ago about OS/2
support and he responded very favorably and I notice that their new
Crystalizer Tidalwave 128 has Full-Duplex sound support as well as some other
features. I'll quote the highlights From the press release.
"Crystal Computer Corporation=AE, the distinguished leader in Plug and Play
(PnP) technology, announced today their new Crystalizer Tidal Wavel2S
Internet wavetable sound card offering users full-duplex
Voice-Over-the-Internet telephonic support for the Microsoft=AE Windows=AE
95, Windows 3.1, Windows NT and IBM=AE OS/2 operating systems. ~'The
Crystalizer Tidal Wave J28 card with Voice-Over-the-Internet capability means
that PC users equipped with appropriate software like the Intel=AE Internet
Phone can actually talk long distance over the Internet but avoid paying long
distance rates when calling a local Internet Service Provider (ISP)" said Jim
Melin, Crystal Computer's President and C.E.O.
Moreover, the Crystalizer Tidal Wave 128 card offers users an unparalleled
audiophile listening experience featuring the philharmonic Crystal
Semiconductor C59236 Wavetable Stereo Synthesizer, Sound Retrieval System=AE
3-D stereo, chorus and reverb, 47 melodic percussion sounds and all 128
General MIDI instrumental sounds providing The Purest Sound on Earth~. The
Crystalizer TidalWavel28 is Microsoft DirectSound~, DirectSound 3D~,
MS-DOS=AE, Windows Sound System, Roland MPU-40 1, Sound Blaster=AE and Sound
Blaster Pro=AE compatible. The card provides users further versatility by
including CD Audio, Internal Modem Telephone Answering Device and Digital
Video Disk MPEG input connectors to the IBM PC/AT ISA-bus.
The meritorious Crystalizer Tidal Wavel28 is Made Only in the USA~ --over 85%
USA source of origin--and has a Suggested Retail Price of only $99.99. The
card comes bundled with the AT&T=AE WorldNetsM ISP software and Multimedia
software from Voyetra Technologies and a CD audio cable. Backed by toll-free
technical support and a 3-year product warranty, the Crystalizer TidalWaveJ28
will be available shortly at leading computer retailers that include all
Fry's Electronics, Elek-Tek, the Nebraska Mega Mart and the U.S. Army and Air
Force Exchange Services stores. Prospective Dealers and Value Added Resellers
should contact Ingram Micro at (800) 456-8000 or (714) 566-1000 in Santa Ana,
California. Further information on the new Crystalizer TidalWaveJ28 card is
available by calling Crystal Computer Corporation directly at (408) 383-2100
or (408) 383-2110 (FAX).
If you have any questions please contact them directly because I am not
affiliated with Crystal Computer Corp in any way.
They also have a web site at www.crystalcomputer.com and can be reached via
EMail at jimmelin@crystalcomputer.com
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