Ad Lib, Inc.
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Ad Lib, Inc. was a Canadian manufacturer of sound cards and other computer equipment founded by Martin Prevel, a former professor of music and vice-dean of the music department at the Université Laval
Original 1987 AdLib Music Synthesizer Card model
AdLib Music Synthesizer Card from 1990
AdLib Gold 1000
AdLib Gold 1000 with surround module
Sound Blaster
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Sound Blaster is a family of sound cards and audio peripherals designed by Creative Technology/Creative Labs of Singapore. The first Sound Blaster card was introduced in 1989.
Ad Lib, Inc.
…their programs. The success of the AdLib Music Card soon attracted competition. Not long after its introduction, Creative Labs introduced its competing Sound Blaster card. The Sound Blaster was fully compatible with AdLib's hardware, and it also implemented two key features absent from the AdLib: a PCM audio channel…
Creative Music System sound card
Sound Blaster 1.0 (CT1320B); C/MS chips in sockets (labeled U14, U15) are seen.
Sound Blaster 1.5 (CT1320C); C/MS chip sockets (labeled U14, U15) seem empty.
Sound Blaster 2.0 (CT1350B), without C/MS and FM chipset