Sound Card History \ VOGONS

Sound Card History

Topic actions

First post, by _aLfa_

Posted on 2005-03-24, 09:22

_aLfa_ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 15
Joined: 2005-03-20, 10:41
Location: Aveiro, Portugal

1983:
* PCjr (PC Junior)

1984:
* Tandy 1000

1986:
* Conox Speech Thing
* Disney Sound Source
* Mindscape Music Board

1987:
* AdLib (Synth: Yahama YM3812 'aka' OPL2)
* IBM Music Feature Card (Synth: Yahama FB-01 'kind of' OPL4)

1988:
* Creative Music Systems Game Blaster (Synth: 2x CMS-301)

1989:
* Covox Sound Master (Synth: AY8930)
* Sound Blaster (Yahama OPL2)
* Roland LAPC-1 (Synth: Roland LA)

1991:
* Sound Blaster Pro 1 (2x OPL2)
* Sound Blaster Pro 2 (OPL3)
* Gravis UltraSound (Synth: Gravis GF1)
* AdLib Gold 1000 / 2000 (OPL3)
* Pro AudioSpectrum [PAS] (OPL3)

1992:
* Pro AudioSpectrum 16 [PAS-16] (16bit, OPL3)
* Sound Blaster 16 (16bit DSP / OPL3 / ASP)
* Roland SCC-1 (Based on SC-55)

1993:
* Roland Rap-10
* Sound Blaster AWE32 (OPL3 / EMU8000)

Last edited by _aLfa_ on 2005-03-24, 10:13. Edited 5 times in total.

"I only know that I know nothing..."

Reply 1 of 9, by _aLfa_

Posted on 2005-03-24, 09:24

_aLfa_ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 15
Joined: 2005-03-20, 10:41
Location: Aveiro, Portugal

I may be wrong with some chipsets or dates, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
I know that the first 'sound cards' posted are not sound cards, but they are wannabe's 🤣 😜

"I only know that I know nothing..."

Reply 2 of 9, by kekko

Posted on 2005-03-24, 09:33

kekko Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 501
Joined: 2004-03-24, 18:56

I would like to hear awe32 midis again....

Reply 3 of 9, by _aLfa_

Posted on 2005-03-24, 09:50

_aLfa_ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 15
Joined: 2005-03-20, 10:41
Location: Aveiro, Portugal

There you go...

"I only know that I know nothing..."

Reply 4 of 9, by kekko

Posted on 2005-03-24, 10:08

kekko Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 501
Joined: 2004-03-24, 18:56

thanks alfa!
i think it would be nice if dosbox could emulate awe32 (with original wavetable)
my integrated soundcard has no midi capabilities, win uses ms synth
and that roland samples aren't the same thing of a good old awe32....

maybe even a sf2 support would help, there is an utility around that dumps
awe rom, so I could retrieve the old wavetable, mount in dosbox, select
awe32 in game music setup and...enjoy!

Reply 5 of 9, by _aLfa_

Posted on 2005-03-24, 10:14

_aLfa_ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 15
Joined: 2005-03-20, 10:41
Location: Aveiro, Portugal

To be honest, the AWE32 isn't that good, I would prefer AdLib Gold / SB16 or Roland depending on the game 😀

"I only know that I know nothing..."

Reply 6 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2005-03-24, 10:36

eL_PuSHeR Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 6570
Joined: 2003-06-20, 16:39

Nice post, _aLfa_ 😎

Moving to PC, btw...

Intel i7 5960X
Gigabye GA-X99-Gaming 5
8 GB DDR4 (2100)
8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)

Reply 7 of 9, by _aLfa_

Posted on 2005-03-24, 11:14

_aLfa_ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 15
Joined: 2005-03-20, 10:41
Location: Aveiro, Portugal

🙁 I only use DOSBox, to be honest it is the only forum that I follow in here. I almost thought some moderator didn't like my post.

I posted in DOSBox development because I thought it could help other people config their game sounds based on the game year, and mostly because I was willing to add links later about how to program for those cards, wich could help further development in compatibility with those cards.

Well I can always make another one, a little bit more elaborate with the technical data about those cards, and how to code for them, wich migth help in reverse engineering 😀

"I only know that I know nothing..."

Reply 8 of 9, by gidierre

Posted on 2005-03-24, 13:08

gidierre Offline

Rank Member

Rank: Member
Posts: 383
Joined: 2002-10-10, 00:15

_aLfa_ wrote:

I thought it could help other people config their game sounds based on the game year, and mostly because I was willing to add links later about how to program for those cards, wich could help further development in compatibility with those cards.

Well I can always make another one, a little bit more elaborate with the technical data about those cards, and how to code for them, wich migth help in reverse engineering 😀

Yes please go ahead if you can.
TIA 😎

Reply 9 of 9, by gulikoza

Posted on 2005-03-24, 22:18

gulikoza Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1705
Joined: 2004-06-25, 14:53

AWE32 sf2 can be found on the net...dunno how legal it is. I always have it loaded in bank B on my audigy 😁. Sure it's not the best wavetable, but it brings back many memories (I owned Awe32 when all my friends had sb16...it was like day and night) 😁

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to PC Emulation