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Aztech Waverider Pro 32-3D

In 1996, Aztech released the successor to their first Waverider card with the introduction of the Waverider Pro 32-3D.

Released 1996
Bus ISA 16-bit
FM Synth Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3) or LS-212
Audio Codec Crystal CS4231A-KL
Chipset AZT-2316/A/R Wavefront ICS (3rd gen chip)
Standards Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro 2, Windows Sound System, General MIDI
Ports Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Line-Out (stereo)
Game port
CD-ROM IDE
Wavetable No
Plug & Play No (but does use Auto-Init for DMA)
FCC ID(s) I38-MMSN852
Price -
See Also Waverider 32+, Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP

This is one of the last cards produced by Aztech that is *not* PnP. It has no wavetable header since it has embedded wavetable support in the form of the Aztech AZ3320, which is a rebranded SEC (Samsung) 0164 and a 1 MB ROM that holds the samples.

SoftMPU is known to work with the AZT-2316 chipset.

Some reports indicates this card was OEM'd by Trust, as the "Sound Expert DeLuxe Wave 32 3D". This is incorrect (it's close but is not a 100% match), as DOS Days Contributor Mike informed me. The Trust card uses an OPTi 82C930 chipset and the QS700 wavetable chip. You can see a picture of this card here.


Board Revisions

I have no information on the various board revisions for the Waverider Pro 32-3D.

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up


Downloads

Operation Manual
(missing)

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Waverider Pro 32-3D Disks v2.10
For DOS, Windows 3.x and Win95
(Contains drivers and utilities)

Windows 95 Driver
For Waverider Pro 32-3D card


Windows NT 3.51 Driver v1.03
For AZT2316-chipset cards

Windows NT 4.0 Disks v1.09
For AZT2316-chipset cards


 

 

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