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#1 2010-12-10 19:13:50

PW132
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The first PC sound card.

Just a video with some music from a AdLib card from 1987.  tongue
It used a Yamaha FM chip, so you get a bit of a Genesis-like sound.
(To Blade-Edge: It has Duke Nukem in it at one point.)
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Some more random info:
...Nah, I'll just show some wikipedia article instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Lib,_Inc.


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#2 2010-12-10 20:24:09

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Re: The first PC sound card.

Bump.


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#3 2010-12-10 20:26:58

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Re: The first PC sound card.

The Ad Lib is awesome, but it is not really the first sound card. If you looked at part 1 of that vid, you would see that the Cowon SpeechThing and the IBM Music Feature Card  came before the Ad Lib. The Ad Lib, however IS the first sound card that was widely supported.

(Ooh, the vid is from phreakindee!  tongue )


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#4 2010-12-10 20:31:16

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Re: The first PC sound card.

fire219 wrote:

The Ad Lib is awesome, but it is not really the first sound card. If you looked at part 1 of that vid, you would see that the Cowon SpeechThing and the IBM Music Feature Card  came before the Ad Lib. The Ad Lib, however IS the first sound card that was widely supported.

(Ooh, the vid is from phreakindee!  tongue )

Well, the first that really DID anything.


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#5 2010-12-10 21:07:18

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Re: The first PC sound card.

The IBM MFC was good, but is HUGE and cost $800.


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