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| − | The '''''Sound Blaster''''', later called ''''Sound Blaster 1.x'''', is the second sound card | + | The '''''Sound Blaster''''', later called '''''Sound Blaster 1.x''''', is the second sound card released by [[Creative Labs]]. The card proved immensely successful and laid the foundation for the Sound Blaster hardware standard. |
The Sound Blaster 1.0 is an 8-bit ISA card which is a superset of the [[Game Blaster]] aka C/MS. In addition to the C/MS-compatible Philips [[SAA1099]] chips (12 voices of square-wave stereo sound), there is also a Yamaha YM3812 OPL2 FM synth (11 voices), and a single-channel digital PCM DAC/ADC. With a bit of creative license, Creative described the original Sound Blaster as a "24-voice all-in-one sound card". | The Sound Blaster 1.0 is an 8-bit ISA card which is a superset of the [[Game Blaster]] aka C/MS. In addition to the C/MS-compatible Philips [[SAA1099]] chips (12 voices of square-wave stereo sound), there is also a Yamaha YM3812 OPL2 FM synth (11 voices), and a single-channel digital PCM DAC/ADC. With a bit of creative license, Creative described the original Sound Blaster as a "24-voice all-in-one sound card". | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 9 November 2015
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| Developer: | Creative Technology, Ltd. |
| Released: | 1989-??-?? |
| Type: | Sound Card |
| Slot: | ISA |
| Icon: |  |
The Sound Blaster, later called Sound Blaster 1.x, is the second sound card released by Creative Labs. The card proved immensely successful and laid the foundation for the Sound Blaster hardware standard.
The Sound Blaster 1.0 is an 8-bit ISA card which is a superset of the Game Blaster aka C/MS. In addition to the C/MS-compatible Philips SAA1099 chips (12 voices of square-wave stereo sound), there is also a Yamaha YM3812 OPL2 FM synth (11 voices), and a single-channel digital PCM DAC/ADC. With a bit of creative license, Creative described the original Sound Blaster as a "24-voice all-in-one sound card".
The known Sound Blaster 1.x model is CT-1320 with several sub-variants.
Variants
In 1990, Creative Labs released Sound Blaster 1.5, a cost-reduced version of the original Sound Blaster. The 1.5 lacked the C/MS-compatible SAA1099 chips, which were then obsoleted due to competition by the superior AdLib card. Sound Blaster 1.5 boards had empty sockets which could be populated by SAA1099 chips, that were sold separately by Creative. A Sound Blaster 1.5 could thus be upgraded/downgraded to Sound Blaster 1.5.
The DSP chip on Sound Blaster 1.x boards is socketed and therefore user-replaceable. Creative offered DSP 2.00 chips as an upgrade for Sound Blaster 1.x owners. At least some later Sound Blaster 1.5 boards were already manufactured with the newer 2.00 DSP. This variance makes the Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5 designation more than a little fuzzy.
The major difference between the original 1.0x DSPs and the newer 2.00 DSP is that the latter supports auto-init DMA (standard on Sound Blaster 2.0 and Sound Blaster Pro).
Games
Image Gallery
Front of box (SB 1.0).
Back of box (SB 1.0).
Front of box (SB 1.5).
Back of box (SB 1.5).
Downloads
- Original Product Disks - Download.
Emulation Status
The Sound Blaster is fully emulated in DOSBox.
See Also
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster - Wikipedia.
