NEC CD-74??
Stephen,
The basic NEC CDR-74 Gallery comes with the MediaVision PAS+ sound card.
I bought one for $799 and find that it runs everything fine so far and was an
easy install. You have to get the Mediavision drivers on their forum and
install them for optimal performance. I believe there is also a top line NEC
CDR_74 Gallery that sells for about $1200 and includes the PAS16. I assume it
also includes additional features to account for the $400 price difference.
The software bundle is in my opinion a good buy. Groliers encyclopedia,
Sherlock Holmes Consulting and Carmen Santiago Deluxe are outstanding. I am
satisfied with the PAS+ version for now because I believe all of the
commercial CD-ROMS that I am running are 8-bit anyway as far as the data file
sound goes. By the way, many of the retail sellers really do not know what
sound cards are included in these packages and they frequently assume it is
the PAS16 if it is from Mediavision.
RonW