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BTC-1833 / BTC-1835

The BTC-1833 / BTC-1835 were 16-bit ISA sound cards compatible with the Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, and Windows Sound System.

Released Early 1996
Bus ISA 16-bit
FM Synth (built into chipset)
Audio Codec (built into chipset)
Chipset ESS ES1868F
Standards Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System
Ports Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Game port, Volume thumbwheel
CD-ROM IDE
Wavetable ESS ES689F on some variants
Plug & Play Yes
FCC ID(s) E5X1835
Price  
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The BTC 1833 and 1835 were Plug & Play sound cards offering 16-bit stereo sound sampling delivered at CD-quality rates up to 44.1KHz. The cards are based on the ESS ES1868F 22-voice FM music synthesizer and provides IDE CD-ROM, MPU & MIDI interfaces.

 

Board Revisions

Some variants come with the ES689F wavetable ICs while others do not.

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up

I have no configuration information for these cards.


Downloads

Operation Manual
(missing)

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Original DOS Driver Disk
15th Mar 1996

Installer with ESSCFG and ESSVOL utilities.

 

More Pictures


A BTC-1833/5 sound card, courtesy of DOS Days' contributor targeted