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Sorry,

seems to be a Soundblaster 16 PnP Card. There is no OPL3 on it :(

Only the the oldest original Sundblaster 16 (without PnP) have OPLs.

Onother card with OPL is the Soundblaster Pro2 (CT1600).

Tip: The OPL3 is clearly marked with "Yamaha YMF262".

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I just bought a lot of 10 cards off ebay most of which were "SB 16's" so I was hoping for quite a few OPL's.

Ended up with two.

One on a SB numbered CT2860

And one on a Media Vision card from 1993 650-0044-56B FCC id: IXW-PAS16NS

Both OPL's are labled YMF262-M but under that they both have different (what I assume to be) revision codes:

9515 EALC on the SB

9307 GDAD on the MV

Same goes for the YAC's on them both YAC512-M but then underneeth:

5190c on the SB

306ea on the MV

Not sure how well they'll play together if I use both YAC's on one MBFM but I may give it a try.  Or I may buy some more cheap sound cards and hope for a matching set.

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I just bought a lot of 10 cards off ebay most of which were "SB 16's" so I was hoping for quite a few OPL's.

Ended up with two.

Yeah, that's the problem! Creative sold at least 4 different "Soundblaser 16". From the original one with OPL up to several PCI cards :(

Take care with the Soundblaster Pro's too! Only "Soundblaster Pro II" has the OPL (The II is important!!!)

Raphael

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Mine is a CT2770, I'll let you all know whether it has the chips.

Perhaps we could compile a list of which cards definitely do and do not have the chips, with details of the card, such as the CTxxxx numbers?

Everyione, please post any info you have in here :)

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From another thread:

The YMF-262/YAC-512 can also be found on this card:

Mozart, ISA, ca 1995

OTI601 "Mozart", 9501

AD1848KP "SoundPort", DAC/ADC, Mixer etc, PLCC68, 9402

YMF262 OPL-3, 9351

YAC512 DAC

AN1324 Quad-OpAmps (2)

TC4053 DigitalSwitch

KA558D2 Timer

TDA1517 2x6W Amp

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I have the following soundcards at home with the YMF262 on them:

Mediamagic ISP-16

Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)

Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum 16

Turtle Beach Tropez Rev 2.0

Also when I had been at the local surplus shop, I found the following cards with YMF262 and the YAC512 on them:

ESS AudioDrive (no part number, ASIC was labelled ES688F)

Aztech (no p/n, ASIC AZT2316A)

Creative Sound Blaster 16 (only marking was "Copyright 1992")

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The ES1868 AudioDrive ® solution is a mixed-signal single-chip solution that adds 16-bit stereo sound and FM music synthesis to personal computers. It includes an embedded microprocessor, an OPL3? superset ESFM TM music synthesizer........ The ESFM TM synthesizer has extended capabilities within native mode operation providing superior sound and power down capabilities. It is register compatible to OPL3.

from this page: http://support.tangent.com/hardware/soundcard/asc16a.htm

Can someone confirm if this card is usable...

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ct4170 defenetly dont have OPL chip's

but it still can be usefull........

u can find on those the folowing parts......

KA3403D  -  quad op-amp

78L05A -  3-Terminal 0.1A Positive Voltage Regulator

79l05a - 3-Terminal 1A Negative Voltage Regulator

2x 072B - i hink its dual op-amps

TPA1517 - 6W Stereo, Medium Power, Class-ab Audio Amplifier

boom

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Creative Labs Vibra 16S - Model number CT2900 /edit/ NO GOOD see below

Markings on YAC/YFM

    YAMAHA

    YAC516-E (edit - so this is a 16 bit DAC)

    9F531N

    YAMAHA

    YMF 289B-S OPL (edit)

    5323C (or 532SD or 532 SC)

Can anyone tell me if these two chips will work?

/edit/ This page suggests the above chips are not compatible.  The DAC is 16 bit, not 12 bit, and the YMF is 48 pins SQFP, not 24 pin SOP

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I have a CT1740 here with both chips on board: YMF262-M and YAK512-M

I found a handy link containing all of the soundblaster model numbers at http://www.tarigon.de/tramp/sblist.html

I'll paste them here, in case that page ever disappears...

Edit: removed the list. It is maintained at the following link, and can be updated with new info.

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=soundcards_with_ymf262_and_or_yac512_chips

;D

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