BTC-1817
The BTC-1817 was a 16-bit ISA sound card compatible with the Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, and Windows Sound System.
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Released | 1996 |
| Bus | ISA 16-bit | |
| FM Synth | OPTiFM (built into OPTI chip) | |
| Audio Codec | (built into chipset) | |
| Chipset | OPTi 82C931 | |
| Standards | Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System | |
| Ports | Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Game port | |
| CD-ROM | IDE | |
| Wavetable | Admos QDSP QS1000 | |
| Plug & Play | Yes | |
| FCC ID(s) | E5X1817 | |
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The BTC 1817 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 82C931 22-voice FM music synthesizer and provides IDE CD-ROM, MPU & MIDI interfaces.
Board Revisions
Some variants come with the QS1000 wavetable while others do not.
The 'D' variants had either 3D sound or the option to have 3D sound.
The 'W' variants had wavetable onboard.
BTC-1817D - with 3D sound
BTC-1817DW - with 3D sound and wavetable
BTC-1817DS - standard form factor, 3D sound, no onboard wavetable.
BTC-1817DSL - short form factor with a flying lead for the game port. 3D sound, no wavetable.
BTC-1817W - wavetable, no 3D sound.
Competition
In the Media
Setting it Up
Run SNDINIT.EXE to initialise and configure the card. After configuration is confirmed, run with the /b parameter from AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Downloads
Operation Manual Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Original Driver Disk Contains OPTi 931 drivers for DOS and Windows 3.1 |
Original Driver Disk Contains drivers for DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 |
More Pictures
The BTC-1815 sound card and retail box (1995)
