SOUND BOARDS: AZTECH
Sound Galaxy 16 & Waverider 32+
- Phone:
- 800-886-8829, 510-623-8988
- Fax:
- 510-623-8989
- BBS:
- 510-623-8933
- e-mail:
- aztechca@netcom.com or suppport@aztechCA.com,
but **NOT** AZtech.com, which is an unrelated company!
- Web:
- http://www.aztechca.com
Aztech makes a variety of mostly low-end sound boards. Unfortunately,
although OS/2 MMPM/2 drivers exist for these boards, they do not support
VTD at this time.
Sound Galaxy 16
- Type:
- FM synthesis
- Chipset:
- Aztech proprietary (AZT2316A [?]),
Yamaha OPL3 (?)
- CD-ROM:
- IDE, proprietary (Sony, Panasonic, Mitsumi, Aztech) (?)
- Street price:
- ~$70
- OS/2 Drivers:
- Available but possibly unreliable; do not support VTD.
- Drivers from:
- OS/2 box, ftp: ftp.aimnet.com,
/pub/users/aztech
- Comments:
- OS/2 drivers exist. My one report on these drivers
has them working fairly well, but with the major caveat that the
system occasionally locks up when trying to open a Windows session
after playing a DOS game that requires sound in OS/2. Net reports
indicate only so-so DOS games compatibility with this board.
Aztech Waverider 32+
- Type:
- Wavetable
- Chipset:
- Aztech AZT2316A, ICS WaveFront,
Yamaha OPL3
- CD-ROM:
- IDE, proprietary (Sony, Panasonic, Mitsumi, Aztech)
- Street price:
- $110-$150
- OS/2 Drivers:
- Available but possibly unreliable; do not support VTD.
- Drivers from:
- OS/2 box, ftp: ftp.aimnet.com,
/pub/users/aztech
- Comments:
- As near as I can tell, there is no OS/2 wavetable
support for this board. PC Magazine reported so-so wavetable sound quality from
this board. Net reports indicate only so-so DOS games compatibility
with this board. I've received one report of failure with IBM's
MPU-401
driver and this board, but this may have been due to
installation errors, so if you get the MPU-401 driver working
with this board, please e-mail me.
Copyright © 1996, 1997, Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
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