> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:13:29 -0500 > From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: MD: cheap md product found > > gpg writes: > > >I found a place on the web for an optical in/out soundcard $39. PC > >only > > > >www.etcompany.com > > Thanks! Actually I tracked down the URL to > http://www.etcompany.com/nigoppcisoun.html. There's a review of that > board on the MDCP: http://www.minidisc.org/zoltrix.html > > I'm forwarding your note to the MD mailing list. > > Rick There is a cheaper place to get this card: http://store.yahoo.com/newtech/zolnigpcisou.html The price comes to $32 shipped. But DO NOT buy this card for digital input. At least not yet. And it doesn't seem to work under NT correctly either. I spent 2 evenings trying to make it work under NT4.0 and ended up installing it only under Win98. I believe the optical output works great under Win98. Just follow the manual and output will work. You can even connect the SPDIF-out of CD-ROM into the SPDIF-out of the card. Under NT4 SPDIF doesn't seem to work at all. The Optical Upgrade Kit even comes with a rather long TOSLink-to-miniplug optical cable. But input has a problem. I was unable to record off my JE510 -- the recording is always plays at the wrong speed, while passthrough signal plays correctly. It also pretty difficult to setup the card for input correctly when it is installed. Zoltrix doesn't seem to provide the latest drivers. On their website they only list the drivers shipped on their CD. The thing is that they are not their drivers. Since the card is using C-Media's CMI8738 chip, you can just go C-Media's website and get the newer drivers. There are still problems with those drivers. E-mail questions to either company don't seem to be read. The only thing left is to wait until C-Media fixes their drivers (they seem to do it relatively often). Again, if you only care about optical output under Win98, this card is great. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
