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To: Street Walker who wrote (1093)	6/5/1998 9:35:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) of 14778

SW, are you sure? Do you ever listen to a sound clip off the web? Do you ever play screen cam stuff? Have you tried any of the internet connectivity sofware to converse with people (Netmeeting is free, and it works)? Many apps nowadays just won't run or run poorly if there's no sound card present. Different sounds signal different events -- I can tell from the next room whether I just got a mail message or a dialog box popped up, for instance. NT service pack 3 will crash your system if you don't at least have the low-level sound drivers installed (I wish this weren't the voice of experience, but I'm afraid it is). Both NT and 95 essentially assume you have a sound card. Do you trust them to behave without one? You can get a serviceable sound card for well under $100. Yes, it will use a couple of IRQs and DMA channels, but not a PCI slot unless you go for high end (which doesn't sound likely and is certainly not necessary). I'm afraid I have to disagree with the other folks on this one. Your deaf to the world without it. Good luck, Spots

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