First post, by dbellue1
I got one of these off of eBay. It is the CT4740. I have been looking for Sound Blaster cards that come with the box. I miss the yellow and blue boxes. I have gotten very lucky and found 3 so far. Thank you for a positive spin on this card, because I was happy to have the box, but I thought the card was horrible compared to others. It was painful because I see the beautiful box, and I expect the card to be a regular Sound Blaster 16 from the early 90's. My latest find, which is arriving soon is a Sound Blaster Pro with the box. I had been watching on eBay and there has been one listed for a while for $700 and I was starting to convince myself to get it for the memories and then someone put one up for under $200 the other day so I got it. My best friend had a Sound Blaster pro, and I bought a Sound Blaster 16, and our games sounded the same and I now know how lucky we were. My Sound Blaster 16 was from 1992, and I only paid $99 for it from a Walmart store in my area. If you do read this, I wanted to share I also found a Sound Blaster 16 CT1740 off of eBay. It is like the one I had but with the missing ASP chip. I read about it in an issue of computer shopper after I had got my card, and I have never forgotten about that article. That card was the holy grail for me back in 1992. I am so happy I have found a community that shares my love for old hardware and the many happy memories it brings with it. I can truly say there is no computer hardware I bought after 2000 that really excited me like it did in the 1990's.