On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, George Leo Rachor Jr. wrote:
> But I remember buying Skyfox just to hear what the mockingboard could
> do. Anybody remember if any other software written for the Apple][
> took advantage of one of the first sound cards?
I can't remember anything besides Ultima. A lot of games probably have
the option but since I never had a Mockingboard back then I never really
paid attention.
While the Mockingboard would surely qualify as an example of an early
sound card, I wouldn't class it as "one of the first". There were sound
boards for S-100 systems circa 1976-1977. One card in my collection that
is a good example is the Sound Effects 100. It has I believe three of
them General Instruments sound chips on it. I have at least one other
S-100 sound card. I believe Solid State Music started out as a company
that made S-100 sound cards.
And then wasn't there also a sound card for the PDP-11 circa the early
1970s?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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