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==<br /> Introduction == | |||
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The history of Creative sound cards started with the release of the Creative Music System ("C/MS") CT-1300 board in August 1987. It contained two Philips SAA1099 integrated circuits, which, together, provided 12 channels of square-wave "bee-in-a-box" stereo sound, four channels of which can be used for noise. | |||
These ICs were featured earlier in various popular electronics magazines around the world. For many years Creative tended to use off-the-shelf components and manufacturers' reference designs for their early products. The various integrated circuits had white or black paper stickers fully covering their tops to hide their identities. On the C/MS board in particular, the Philips chips had white pieces of paper with a fictitious "CMS-301" inscription on them. Real Creative parts usually had consistent CT number references. | |||
Surprisingly, the board also contained a large 40-pin DIP integrated circuit bearing a "CT 1302A CTPL 8708" (Creative Technology Programmable Logic) serigraphed inscription and looking exactly like the DSP of the later Sound Blaster. Software, including Creative's own, use this chip to automatically detect the card (by trying certain register reads and writes). | |||
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==<br /> Years Produced == | |||
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August 1987- '''<span class="Alert">To Do: add last year that a Creative Music System was made</span>''' | |||
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==<br /> Acquiring a Creative Music System == | |||
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The Creative Music System has not been made since '''<span class="Alert">???</span>'''. However it is still possible to get a real CSM-1 on places like [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Creative+Music+System+CT-1300+sound+card&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_odkw=Creative+Music+System+sound+card&_osacat=0 eBay]. | |||
==<br /> References == | |||
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==<br /> Also See == | |||
<!--* [[List of Creative Music System Compatible Sierra Games]]--> | |||
* [[w:MIDI|MIDI on Wikipedia]] | |||
* [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Creative+Music+System+CT-1300+sound+card&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_odkw=Creative+Music+System+sound+card&_osacat=0 Search for Creative Music Systems on eBay] | |||
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Creative Music System CT-1300 sound card
Introduction
The history of Creative sound cards started with the release of the Creative Music System ("C/MS") CT-1300 board in August 1987. It contained two Philips SAA1099 integrated circuits, which, together, provided 12 channels of square-wave "bee-in-a-box" stereo sound, four channels of which can be used for noise.
These ICs were featured earlier in various popular electronics magazines around the world. For many years Creative tended to use off-the-shelf components and manufacturers' reference designs for their early products. The various integrated circuits had white or black paper stickers fully covering their tops to hide their identities. On the C/MS board in particular, the Philips chips had white pieces of paper with a fictitious "CMS-301" inscription on them. Real Creative parts usually had consistent CT number references.
Surprisingly, the board also contained a large 40-pin DIP integrated circuit bearing a "CT 1302A CTPL 8708" (Creative Technology Programmable Logic) serigraphed inscription and looking exactly like the DSP of the later Sound Blaster. Software, including Creative's own, use this chip to automatically detect the card (by trying certain register reads and writes).
Years Produced
August 1987- To Do: add last year that a Creative Music System was made
Acquiring a Creative Music System
The Creative Music System has not been made since ???. However it is still possible to get a real CSM-1 on places like eBay.
References
Also See
