Got a shipment of sound cards arrive today

[Rhizome]

A friend of mine had about 9 sound cards he was getting rid of, and since he knows I'm looking for certain cards he sent them all to me (I still keep ones I don't need spare incase someone needs it). They arrived today, and here is the list of what I got:

Sound Blaster 16 (CT2290)
Sound Blaster 16 (CT1740, even has a volume control!)
Media Vision (Unknown model)
Crystal MWave (Sound card & modem)
Creative Vibra 16 (CT2260)
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital (SB0220, EMU10K1 APU with EAX)
Sound Blaster Live! (CT4620, EMU10K1 APU with EAX)
Sound Blaster (CT4790, EMU10K1 APU with EAX)
Sound Blaster (CT4790, EMU10K1 APU (does not have EAX symbol))

To complete my collection, I also have the following already with me:

Multiple Yamaha YMF XGs
Sound Blaster 16 Value
Gravis UltraSound MAX (1MB RAM)
Sound Blaster AWE32 IDE (memory slots empty)
Yamaha WaveForce
Yamaha OPLSax
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

As you can see, I have quite a huge collection  :oops:

[Ari]

Kind of off-topic, but what's the difference between a Vibra16 and an SB16?

[BlueMax]

Kind of off-topic, but what's the difference between a Vibra16 and an SB16?

Vibra16 took all the chips and stuff from a SB16 card and majorly simplified the whole design.  Essentially it's the same card, but with far fewer chips on the card!  It's almost all integrated into a single IC.

[Rhizome]

Vibra16 took all the chips and stuff from a SB16 card and majorly simplified the whole design.  Essentially it's the same card, but with far fewer chips on the card!  It's almost all integrated into a single IC.

Pretty much it. It even contains a smaller OPL chip compared to the SB 16 and AWE32, but it also keeps the wavetable connector.

[Locutus]

I recall, that the Vibra16 doesn't have a 16-bit DMA, but 2 8-bit DMAs instead. Is that correct?

[Rhizome]

I recall, that the Vibra16 doesn't have a 16-bit DMA, but 2 8-bit DMAs instead. Is that correct?

Taking a look at it I see 2 small chips that are near each other and have the same characters printed on them. Not sure if they are the DMAs though;

[Great Hierophant]

I recall, that the Vibra16 doesn't have a 16-bit DMA, but 2 8-bit DMAs instead. Is that correct?

Taking a look at it I see 2 small chips that are near each other and have the same characters printed on them. Not sure if they are the DMAs though;

Don't you mean DACs?

[Rhizome]

Don't you mean DACs?

I don't know, I was following what Locutus posted.

[Locutus]

No, actually I don't mean DAC. A friend of mine had this card (Vibra 16)and always had trouble setting up games, since it somehow wasn't compatible to a real Sound Blaster 16.

The Vibra card seemed to have two 8-bit DMA channels (due to its much simpler design and therefore lower price) which could be combined to one 16-bit channel. However, in games, it was only compatible to regular Sound Blaster cards due to this drawback.

At least, that's what I recall.

A Google search revealed the follwoing:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9807.3/0811.html

I think it also applies to DOS.

Regards,
locutus