DOS Days

BTC-1815

The BTC-1815 was a 16-bit ISA sound card compatible with the Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, and Windows Sound System.

Released 1995
Bus ISA 16-bit
FM Synth OPTiFM (built into OPTI chip)
Audio Codec Analog Devices AD1845
Chipset OPTi 82C925
Standards Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System
Ports Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Line-Out (stereo),
Game port
CD-ROM IDE
Wavetable Yes (optional)
Plug & Play Yes
FCC ID(s) LCKOMSND925 / LCK0MSND925
Price  
See Also  

The BTC 1815 was a Plug & Play sound card offering 16-bit stereo sound sampling delivered at CD-quality rates up to 44.1KHz. The card is based on the OPTi 22-voice FM music synthesizer and provides IDE CD-ROM, MPU & MIDI interfaces.

Wavetable synthesis was available as an upgrade option.

 

Board Revisions

I have no information on the various board revisions of the BTC-1815 card.

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up

Driver installation under DOS is simple. Just run INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.


Downloads

Operation Manual
(missing)

Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!

Original Driver Disk for OPTi 82C924/925
v1.04R4, 24th May 1996

OPTi 924/925 drivers for DOS and Windows 3.1

 

More Pictures


The BTC-1815 sound card and retail box (1995)