The Discovery 32 8X offers a full introduction to multimedia. Included is an 8X CD-ROM drive, Sound Blaster 32 wave table sound card, powered stereo speakers, and a selection of outstanding multimedia titles for home entertainment and education.

Sound Blaster 32 PnP

Professional Quality Wave-Table Synthesis

16-bit stereo and mono recording and playback from 5 kHz to 44.1 kHz

32-note polyphony for an orchestral experience

Built-in Advanced WavEffects™ wave table synthesizer for tru instrument sounds and digital effects

1MB of real sampled sounds in ROM

128 General MIDI-compatible instruments and 10 drum kits

Upgradeable with up to 28 MB of RAM for downloading SoundFont® sound samples

Programmable effects engine for chorus, reverb, and pan

Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement Technology provides a wider, more realistic stereo sound

20-voice, stereo music synthesizer for complete compatibility with the largest selection of software

Microphone, stereo line-in, and IDE CD-ROM interface

MIDI interface - MPU-401 UART and Sound Blaster modes

Joystick port for 1 or 2 joysticks (optional splitter cable available)

Stereo amplifier provides 4-watts per channel (PMPO) to power speakers or headphones

Plug-and-play compatible for easy installation

Creative's 8X CD ROM Drive

Specifications:

8x internal IDE CD-ROM drive

1,200 KB/second data transfer rate

230 ms data access rate or better

Integrated Cache RAM

Multi-session Photo CD compatible

CD-ROM XA ready

CD-Plus support

Front panel headphone jack, volume control, stop/eject button,and fast forward/next track button

Also includes:

IDE data cable and audio cable for Sound Blaster© audio cards

System Requirements

• IBM©-PC or compatible 486 or faster
• 8 MB system RAM

• 20 MB available hard disk space

• SVGA card (640 x 480, 256 colors minimum)

• 3.5", 1.44MB floppy drive

• Microsoft® Windows© 95 or Windows 3.1/MS-DOS© 6.x or higher

• Mouse

• Open half-height drive bay (drive rails may be required for some systems)

• Open 16-bit expansion slot

• Speakers or headphones

Warranty

One-year limited hardware warranty covering parts and labor.

Included Software Titles