Sound Blaster 16

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The Sound Blaster series is a family of sound cards made by Creative. For many years they were the standard audio cards on IBM PC's.

Introduction

The Sound Blaster 16 is the successor to the Sound Blaster Pro audio card found in many older computers. It was first brought out in 1992. The main improvement over the Pro is its 16-bit digital audio sampling (hence the name). Most SB16 cards are PCI compatible, as Creative made this improvement shortly after releasing the card, upgrading from ISA.

Reference Documents

• http://www.qzx.com/pc-gpe/
• http://www.inversereality.org/tutorials/sound%20programming/examples/soundblaster16example2.html
• http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~brodskye/sb16doc/sb16doc.html
• Some documents at the bottom (.zip)