today i traveled a little bit to get an original FIC 503+ manual
and the seller showed me this which i also got
the pcb i recognized as one of the many aztech soundgalaxy cards
the pcb is exactly the same as some models of aztech
but this has media vision stickers..and the chip at the top is not crystal ..its analog devices
anypne recognizes this card?
Card is simple to recognize - an Aztech MMSN824 "SoundGalaxy Pro 16 II", which is SBPro2.0 compatible and has nothing to do with MediaVision. It can have either an AD or Crystal Codec, so nothing too unusual there.
So what those stickers are doing there is anyone's guess.
Dodgy reseller? Like the Hsing Tech boards where you could order them with stickers of your choice when buying in quantity?
All hail the Great Capacitor Brand Finder
Still a nice Sound Blaster Pro II compatible sound card.
Drivers are in this post (the VY212.rar file): Sound Galaxy Pro II can't install DOS drivers
Wow, that's hilarious. 🤣
Ironically, the card they are disguising probably is probably more useful than a Pro Audio Spectrum 16 for most retro PCs. It'll have SB Pro II compatibility and a working MPU401 interface.
Now for some blitting from the back buffer.
man that sticker is so hard to remove.
but yeas , below the chip says AZtech 😀
then its a good buy, better than an media vision
wrote:Still a nice Sound Blaster Pro II compatible sound card.
Drivers are in this post (the VY212.rar file): Sound Galaxy Pro II can't install DOS drivers
thanks! do you know if the driver needs windows95 ? or it can be runned in DOS?
i took a look at the aztech driver pack from vogons but the readme didn´t mention pure DOS, they go from win3.1 to win95
wrote:thanks! do you know if the driver needs windows95 ? or it can be runned in DOS?
i took a look at the aztech driver pack from vogons but the readme didn´t mention pure DOS, they go from win3.1 to win95
Yes, it can be run straight from DOS.
The "VY212.rar" file contains a self-extracting file but, you can manually extract it with a utility like 7-zip.
On Disk 1, you will notice a file called "install.exe" - this is for your DOS installation.
The file called "setup.exe" is for Windows 3.1x installation. The Windows 95 drivers are in a separate folder on Disk 1.
It could have been a re-brand sold by Media Vision at some point.
