Thunder Board Settings and Features

ID: Q86692

3.10 3.11 WINDOWS kbhw kbmm kbsound kb3rdparty

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.

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.

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Thundr.exe (size: 26339 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

MORE INFORMATION

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

The updated Wave Audio driver makes these changes to the SYSTEM.INI file:

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

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

   [tbwave.drv]
   port=220
   int=5

The settings for the I/O port address (220) and interrupt (5) are the factory defaults. Valid settings for the I/O port address are 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, and 260. Valid settings for the interrupt are 2, 3, 5, and 7. The DMA channel is permanently set to channel 1 on the Thunder Board and thus cannot be configured. To check the Thunder Board settings, run the TBTEST program from the THUNDER directory on the hard drive.

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

The updated Wave Audio driver copies these files (in addition to those listed above:

   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)

Media Vision also produces Thunder Board for Windows, which is the same hardware as the standard Thunder Board but includes additional Windows programs.

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

For more information, contact Media Vision, Inc.

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.

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Last Reviewed: January 6, 1999