Thunder Board
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| Developer: | Media Vision |
| Released: | 1990-??-?? |
| Type: | Sound Card |
| Slot: | 8-bit ISA |
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| Platforms: |  •  |
The Thunder Board was one of Media Vision's first sound cards. It was designed as a competitor to the Sound Blaster, and faithfully emulated the older board's sound. It had the same YM3812 FM synthesis chip, and a similar 8-bit mono 22-kHz DAC, but sold at a cheaper price.
The Thunder Board was advertised as “proudly made in the USA”; possibly a reference to the Sound Blaster, manufactured by the competing Singapore-based Creative Technologies.
The bundled software included a program that would let you record and playback Creative's VOC file format.
Other features include:
- 100% Sound Blaster compatibility
- 2 Watt output
- Game Port
- Half-sized 8-bit ISA bus
- Volume Control
- Powered Output Jack
- Microphone Input Jack
- Internal CD Audio port
Contents
Games
Image Gallery
Straight-On of the board.
An angled view of the board
Board schematic
Emulation Status
No software properly emulates the Thunder Board, although the card's audio chip, the YM3812, has been successfully emulated.
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Board - Wikipedia.
