Adlib / OPL2 / YM3812

This page is devoted to the classic PC soundcard, Adlib, and compatibles.

Reverse-engineering report

2008-04-20

Me and Matthew Gambrell reverse-engineered the YM3812/YMF262 ROM tables. These are the pictures we took:

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The bits of dirt are from my fingers, sorry about that.

See also: Yamaha YMF262 die images.

Exponential table functionality test

Here's an Excel file that shows how to use the exponential table.

Adlib-DigiSnap

2000-03-06

Adlib-DigiSnap (ads.pdf) is a device that is capable of recording Adlib (OPL2/YM3812) digitally. Want to build one? Now you can! You will also need the PCB film and the MSDOS driver (with source code, also a newer version 2009/01/11 with everything for compiling it is here).

Adlib Megamix  1

Here (mp3) is a mashup of Adlib songs that I like, recorded using Adlib-Digisnap.