Sound Blaster vs AdLib: Why the Copy Won

The Sound Blaster had the AdLib's own Yamaha chip, yet it cost more in the shops, and it still won. How a Singapore engineer's copy of the AdLib, one that could also talk, beat the card it copied, and why AdLib's better card came too late. Chapters 0:00 The booth 1:32 A frog in a well 4:47 The killer card 7:59 Straight from Singapore 10:09 The parrot 12:34 Nothing to sell 15:02 The base requirement 17:21 One shot 17:50 A220 Sources and credits: https://thebeigeyears.com/sound-blaster/ #SoundBlaster #RetroComputing #DOSGaming The Beige Years @thebeigeyears