Maybe a 2.0 version, my 1.5 does not have the Windows logo.

Yeah, I noticed the Windows logo. But then again, I saw on a version 1.5's box (in the lower left corner of the front of the box) that Creative had printed "version 1.5" on the box itself. So...maybe it's a ver. 2...or 1.5...or 1 ...??? There seems to have been a *lot* of variation in the production of the early soundblasters, as evidenced by the various "A" "B" "C" and version markings on the cards themselves.

Even Windows had already been out for at least a couple years when even the SB ver1.5 came out...so this card really could be practically any of the earlier versions. Maybe the "Windows" sticker was even retrofitted to the box, in order to spur SB sales with some of the production runs, or when distributed to certain retailers? Such mysteries abound...

Anyway, I'm happy whichever version, and it'll be supreme fun to open it and find out which one I've gotten!

😀

Parrot and Sbaitso will keep you occupied for sure. 😀

Nice find 😀

Looks like a late SB1.5, maybe it's the CT1320C?

Maybe I should function as a "bookmaker" and give odds to people and let them bet on which version it will be?

We already have a ver2 bet, and a late-revison ver1.5. Okay, who's next?

Winner gets a complimentary copy of Atari 2600 Combat! 😉

Cool find.
Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed.
It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the creative sticker on the DSP chip).
I also have a CT-1320B but not an A (yet?) 😀

Salient wrote:

Cool find. Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed. It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the […]
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Cool find.
Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed.
It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the creative sticker on the DSP chip).
I also have a CT-1320B but not an A (yet?) 😀

You mean one of these? 😁

Amigaz wrote:

Salient wrote:

Cool find. Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed. It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the […]
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Cool find.
Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed.
It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the creative sticker on the DSP chip).
I also have a CT-1320B but not an A (yet?) 😀

You mean one of these? 😁

<<cool pic>>

Yeah... Want to get rid of it ? 😁

@Salient: I was even more impressed with your finding a C/MS Upgrade Kit ! 😳 BTW...was the Kit *only* functional with a SB2, or would it work (as I would think) with a SB1.5 just as well?

For anyone who wants C/MS chips for the Sound Blaster 1 or 2, I've got lots of SAA 1099P chips available, most of them never used before. When ordered what I thought were 4 chips from a source in Hong Kong, I got tens of them instead, in 2 small boxes.

pianoman...Cool, I might be getting back with you on that, after my card arrives. Is the mysterious third chip (the "controller" chip) needed only for a Sound Blaster version 2? Or does ver1.5 need a third "controller" chip as well?

The controller chip is only needed for SB2. Unfortunately, I do not have that available, so I hope you're getting an SB1.0 or 1.5
I'm located in US, if anyone wants to know. However, I will be gone out of the country starting middle of next week, and will be back on July 5th. So communication with the forum will be limited for me until I get back.

Salient wrote:

Amigaz wrote:

Salient wrote:

Cool find. Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed. It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the […]
Show full quote

Cool find.
Not too long ago I acquired myself a boxed version as well, still sealed.
It turned out to be a CT-1320C (without the creative sticker on the DSP chip).
I also have a CT-1320B but not an A (yet?) 😀

You mean one of these? 😁

<<cool pic>>

Yeah... Want to get rid of it ? 😁

No way, José! 😁

digitaldoofus wrote:

@Salient: I was even more impressed with your finding a C/MS Upgrade Kit ! 😳 BTW...was the Kit *only* functional with a SB2, or would it work (as I would think) with a SB1.5 just as well?

The kit works also in an sb 1.5, you just don't need the 3rd control-chip then.

Hi, not to thread hijack or anything...

So I just picked up, for free (thanks, Freecycle!) a box of old DOS games (including, appropriately enough, the old Infocom Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy,) along with two extra presents.

A boxed Creative Music System.
and this:

Yup, a prototype Sound Blaster. Anyone know where I can get drivers to run this in my PC-AT?

And, just after posting, I see the link in Malik's sig, which appears to have exactly what I need. Thanks, Malik!

Anonymous Freak

Can you take this file:
http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/test/SBTEST2.zip
(It checks DSP version number and some more things)

would be great if you used it with both your cards: gameblaster and sb this way:
sbtest2>gb.txt
sbtest2>sb.txt
so that it will save the results into .txt files

As soon as I dig the AT out of storage, I'll run that on 'em. I'll try to do that within a week or two.

AND THE WINNNER ISS.... Malik! He guessed correctly that my "sealed in box" new Sound Blaster would be a SB Version 2.0 !

I'm pretty happy it's a 2.0, because I'm going to actually *use* it, and supposedly the sound of the version 2.0 benefits from auto-init DMA. 😀