My Media Vision Technology Museum
In October of 1991,I joined a company called Media Vison Incorporated. This page is a partial history of the company as I watched it grow and then fold. When I joined the company, I was employee #42 and the company eventually reached to almost 500 employees at its high point. When I left, there were a little over 200 employees left and dwindling FAST! Please enjoy the following pictures! The large photo at the right of the above image is a closeup of the MVA501 Mixer IC that MVI developed which was an 8 channel mixer IC. The Initials K.T. can be seen in this picture.
Employee #42. Name Plates were courtesy of Ryo Koyama and were hand colored. Now THAT'S a startup!!!
The new logo and new plastic name plates
Make sure that all of your hardware is Nearygized!!!
The Original Pro Audio Spectrum
Back in the days before FPGA!!! Ten G16V8's did the bus interface between the card and the ISA bus!!!
Specifications:
| 8 bit stereo record and playback |
| 4 watt per channel output |
| SCSI Interface | Original Retail Price, 1991: $295.00 |
Price as purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996: $2.95 |
The ThunderBoard
The board that launched the company!!! We couldn't build enough of these boards when I first started working there!!!
Specifications:
| 8 bit mono record and playback |
| 2 Watt output |
| Original Retail Price, 1992: $129.00 |
Price as purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996: $2.95 |
Audioport
My first task there... Make a battery powered thunderboard. LOTS of late nights and lost weekends making this product.
Specifications:
| 8 bit mono record and playback |
| .5 Watt output |
| Original Retail Price, 1992: $199.00 |
Price as purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996: $5.00 |
SCSI Adapter Bracket
Specifications:
| For use with Pro Audiospectrum and PAS cards (Made internal SCSI, external SCSI |
CDPC AT Interface Card
What an abortion! This interface never really worked right and playing back a CD while recording always caused a bus lockup.
Specifications:
| Used to Interface CDPC Sub-System to PC ISA Bus (Not sold separately) |
PAS16 SLCD (Sony Low Cost Drive)
First reasonably affordable CDROM drive and sound card combo. We made a LOT of these things.
Specifications:
| Resolution | 8 and 16 bit Record and Playback |
| Output | 4 Watts Per Channel |
| CD-ROM Interface | Sony SLCD |
| Retail Price, 1993 | $195.00 |
| Price as Purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996 | $2.95 |
PAS16 Philips
Another abortion. This attempt at a really low cost CDROM drive was an awful pile of crap. The sound card was great but the drive that shipped with it was crapolla!
Specifications:
| Resolution | 8 and 16 bit Record and Playback |
| Output | 4 Watts Per Channel |
| CD-ROM Interface | Philips LMSI (Laser Magnetic Storage Inc.) |
| Retail Price, 1993 | $195.00 |
| Price as Purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996 | $2.95 |
Pro 3D SCSI
First attempt to increase the affect of the stereo field in crappy little PC speakers. This was a very cool card and the last major design effort that I did before the company failed.
Specifications:
| Resolution | 8 and 16 bit Record and Playback |
| Output | 4 Watts Per Channel |
| CD-ROM Interface | SCSI II |
| Retail Price, 1994 | $145.00 |
| Price as Purchased at Halted Specialties, 1996 | $2.95 |
Media Vision Goodies!
Bag & Clock
Coffee Mug
$200,000,000 ????!!!!! Shirt
What were they smoking?!!!
New Logo; Shirt
Media Vision Jazz Shirt
Jazzy ain't it?!!!