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Aztech Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP / Galaxy Pro 16 III 3D PnP

In 1997, Aztech released the successor to their first Waverider card with the introduction of the Waverider Pro 32-3D. This was the Plug & Play version of that card, making use of their new 4th-generation chipset.

Released 1997
Bus ISA 16-bit
FM Synth (integrated into AZT-2320 chip)
Chipset AZT-2320 (4th generation chip)
Standards Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro 2, Windows Sound System, General MIDI (some)
Ports Speaker-Out, Mic-In, Line-In (stereo), Line-Out (stereo)
Game port
CD-ROM IDE on some board revisions
Wavetable Yes, on some board revisions
Plug & Play Yes
FCC ID(s) I38-MMSN853
Price -
See Also Waverider Pro 32-3D (non-PnP), Waverider 32+

This card was also sold as the Galaxy Pro 16 III 3D PnP. There are 4 variants of this card:

  1. Galaxy Pro 16 III 3D PnP: No onboard wavetable and no IDE CD-ROM header. Does have the wavetable header though only for Aztech WaveTide daughterboard (S1.01)
  2. Galaxy Pro 16 III 3D PnP: No onboard wavetable but has an IDE CD-ROM header and its associated 3 small ICs to its right (V3.1)
  3. Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP: Onboard wavetable and IDE CD-ROM header (V1.1)
  4. Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP: Onboard wavetable but no IDE CD-ROM header (S14.02)

The variants with the onboard wavetable synthesizer used an SEC (Samsung) KS0164 wavetable synth chip and a 1 MB ROM that holds the samples.


Board Revisions

Known board revisions for the Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP include: S1.01, V1.1, V3.1, and S14.02

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up


Downloads

Operation Manual
(missing)

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Waverider Pro 32-3D PnP Disks v2.00
For DOS, Windows 3.x and Win95
(Contains drivers and utilities)

Intel PnP Configuration Manager v1.44
For DOS and Windows


Windows 95 Driver v4.06
For AZT2320-chipset cards

Windows NT 4.0 Disks v1.08
For AZT2320-chipset cards


Windows NT 4.0 Driver v3.00
For AZT2320-chipset cards

OS/2 Warp 3.x Driver v1.00
For AZT2320-chipset cards

OS/2 Warp 3.x & 4.x Driver v1.00
For AZT2320-chipset cards

 

 

More Pictures


Aztech Galaxy Pro 16 III-3D PnP (1996)


Aztech Waverider Pro 32 3D PnP (1996)


Aztech Waverider Pro 32 3D PnP (1996)