Thunder Board Settings and Features

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

Drivers for the Thunder Board audio card from Media Vision are available in the Microsoft Windows version 3.1 package. The drivers supplied with Windows 3.1 use the Sound Blaster 1.5 driver to play wave audio files on the Thunder Board. An updated wave audio driver written specifically for the Thunder Board is available as part of the Windows 3.1 Windows Driver Library (WDL).

The updated driver can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) at (425) 936-6735. The file containing the driver is called THUNDR.EXE. After updating the Thunder Board driver, remove the VSBD.386 and SNDBLST2.DRV files from your Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory.

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Changes to the SYSTEM.INI File

The standard Windows 3.1 driver makes these changes to the SYSTEM.INI file:

   [386Enh]
   device=vadlibd.386
   device=vsbd.386

   [drivers]
   MIDI=msadlib.drv
   Wave=sndblst2.drv

   [sndblst.drv]
   port=220
   int=5

   [386Enh]
   device=vadlibd.386
   device=vtbd.386

   [drivers]
   MIDI=msadlib.drv
   Wave=tbwave.drv

   [tbwave.drv]
   port=220
   int=5

Changes to the WIN.INI File

There are no changes made to the WIN.INI file.

Files Copied to the Windows\SYSTEM Subdirectory

The standard Windows 3.1 driver copies these files to the Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory:

   MSADLIB.DRV     3/10/92 22064
   SNDBLST2.DRV    3/10/92 14464
   VADLIBD.386     3/10/92  5542
   VSBD.386        3/10/92  5650

   TBWAVE.DRV      3/19/92 25600
   VTBD.386        2/27/92  5665

Thunder Board Features

The Thunder Board includes the following features:

• AdLib and Sound Blaster compatibility
• 11 voice FM music synthesizer
• Digitized audio playback and recording capability (up to 22KHz)
• Microphone input with Automatic Gain Control
• Audio compression (rates of 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1)
• Built-in amplifier with manual volume control (2 watts)
• Built-in joystick port (standard game I/O port)

The additional Windows programs included with Thunder Board for Windows are as follows:

• At Your Service: An animated, talking calendar
• Lotus Sound:- A Wave audio player, recorder, and editor (supports OLE)
• Monologue for Windows: A text to speech converter (includes a built-in dictionary and supports dynamic data exchange [DDE])
• Music Clips & Master Tracks Pro demo: A demo of a full-featured professional recording environment with sample MIDI files
• Pocket Recorder: A simple Wave audio player, recorder, and editor
• Sound Forge: A Wave audio player, recorder, and editor

The Thunder Board products included here are manufactured by Media Vision, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.