Donor: John David Stone
Sound Blaster 16 is a series of add-on sound cards from Creative Technology. Sound Blaster 16, invented in June 1992, was the successor to Sound Blaster Pro and introduced 16-bit digital audio sampling to the Sound Blaster line. SB16 also added an expansion-header for add-on MIDI-daughter-boards with sample-based synthesis capabilities complying to the General MIDI standard, a socket for an optional digital signal processor dubbed the Advanced Signal Processor (ASP, or later CSP), and an MPU-401 compatible UART for communication with external MIDI-devices.
The Sound Blaster 16PCI card comes with a Getting Started Manual which provides installation and troubleshooting information for the user. It also comes with a Software Pack (in CD-ROM format) and Drivers for Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_16
