Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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Hello friends, on-board sound has a bad reputation - but this came later when every boadmaker linked some realtek AC97 codec to the I/O shield. Early on board sound was another story. PC manufacturer like Compaq, Dell or Siemens developed own on board designs with good quality sound chips - or like here - bought them from Intel. These Intel Board was found in Dell PCs and some others. Its a Slot 1 Pentium II (266 Mhz in this case) with Intel AGP 440 LX chipset. For the on board sound they made a great choice: ISA based Yamaha YMF715 (OPL3SAx) in combination with the Yamaha YMF721 OPL4 General Midi wavetable (low cost variant of the Yamaha 278 OPL4, with just 1 MB of waverom)
In this video, we listen to the OPL3 FM synth. I chose two tracks from the game "The Clou!. "At the Police" and "At Cars and Van's" - both composed by Hannes Seifert.

The Clou! was developed by neo Software and released in 1994 for MS-Dos, Commodore Amiga and Amiga CD32.

What do you think about retro on board sound, is it an alternative for a classic soundcard?

Greetings

Ernie
PC-SOUND-LEGACY