From: dgold@laurel.math.umass.edu (Dan Goldwater)
Subject: PAS-16 development and support and open standard from MV. info
Keywords: development pas 
Organization: Statistical Consulting Center, UMass @ Amherst
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:45:20 GMT

I got this info sheet off the media vision support bbs.  looks very
interesting.... (i tried to post this before, but my editor messed up). 
dgold@laurel.math.umass.edu   daniel_goldwater@brown.edu


June 22, 1992

To:  Media Vision ISV Developers,

The Pro AudioSpectrum 16 sound card has proven to be a phenomenal
success.  In the first month of shipment alone, we bypassed our
projected sales for the entire quarter.  We can't seem to keep up with
the demand - a good problem to have.  The Pro AudioSpectrum 16 has
also won some prestigious awards such as The Best of 1991 from PC
Magazine.  Media Vision is launching a proactive effort to open both
the hardware and software sound standard to provide sound to the PC
market.  We are also offering our designs and chips to anyone in the
industry who wishes to develop Pro AudioSpectrum or Thunder Board
compatible hardware.  Enclosed you will find a copy of the press
release titled "Media Vision Opens Its Sound Standard."

Media Vision is proud to announce our First Annual Developers
Conference.  The conference will be held at the Hilton in Newark,
California on July 31, 1992.  If you would like more information
please contact the ISV Department at (510) 226-2529 or (510) 770-8600.

We are significantly expanding our developer program to provide a
stronger communication channel between you, the software developer and
Media Vision.  We are adding two field support engineers who will be
available for on-site support, including assisting with the
development of sound drivers.  We are installing a toll free line in
the ISV Developer Department, as well as a specialized developer BBS.
These steps are being taken because Media Vision realizes the
partnership created between us is critical to the continuing success
of the sound market, as you are an integral part of our business.

There are great benefits of being a Media Vision developer.  

		*	Special price on Media Vision products
		*	Developer tool kits at no charge
		*	Toll free phone number
		*	Special developer BBS
		*	On site programming support

We want you to support the full feature set of the Pro AudioSpectrum
product.  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
call the ISV Developer Program at (510) 226-2529 or (510) 770-8600.
We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Debbie Gronski
Product Marketing Manager


News for immediate release

Editor's contacts:

Claire Merriam
Media Vision (510) 770-8600

Abigail Johnson
Roeder Johnson (415) 579-0700


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA VISION OPENS ITS SOUND STANDARD
Pro AudioSpectrum Technology Now Available to any Developer of
PC-Compatible Sound Hardware or Software.

Fremont, California, June 11, 1992   Media Vision Inc, has announced
that it is offering to license, without charge, its proprietary sound
technology to any hardware or software developer interested in
creating Pro AudioSpectrum(Tm) compatible products.  Pro AudioSpectrum
technology is the foundation of Media Vision's line of 8- and 16-bit
sound products and allows PC compatible computers to create sounds
such as music or voices when used with applications software.

Media Vision is the first company to open both its hardware and
software sound architecture to the development community.  With this
announcement, Media Vision has opened the door for manufacturers of
IBM-compatible computers, VGA boards, video boards, and audio boards
to incorporate Media Visions audio architecture in their products
easily and without fear of violating any Media Vision copyrights.
This move is intended to lower the cost of sound products for
PC-compatible computers and make the use of multimedia accessible to
all computer suppliersand users.

"Media Vision is dedicated to making multimedia affordable,"  said
Paul Jain.  "With this step, we are giving software and hardware
developers easy access to our award-winning Pro AudioSpectrum sound
technology and enabling high quality sound products to proliferate.
We live in an era of open computer architectures; companies with
closed standards will not go far in making multimedia solutions
affordable.  Ultimately, we want the end user to win."

Pro AudioSpectrum technology is a series of complex computer
algorithms that is built into personal computer hardware and used in
applications software development.  Pro AudioSpectrum technology was
developed by a Media Vision team of hardware, software and chip
engineers over a two year period.  It offers "true 16-bit" or compact
disk quality sound, which is the same level of sound fidelity as has
been adopted by such multimedia industry participants as Sony and IBM.

The Pro AudioSpectrum technology is available to hardware and software
developers in several forms:  Media Vision will provide design
specifications for hardware and software required to develop a Pro
AudioSpectrum-compatible sound product from scratch.  Such a sound
product can also be developed by using off-the-shelf chips available
from Media Vision.  These same chips are also available on a
second-source basis from Crystal Semiconductor, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cirrus Logic Inc.  (Fremont, Calif)

Media Vision's mission is to popularize multimedia by offering
multimedia solutions at affordable prices.  media Vision's products
range from systems and add in boards to chips based on emerging
multimedia standards for mainstream personal computers.  Media Vision
Inc. is a venture capital funded company based in Fremont, California.
The company's founders successfully formed two earlier ventures,
Video Seven and Paradise Systems, which were responsible for the early
popularization of color graphics technologies in personal computers.
The company was founded in early 1990.

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