Talk:Ad Lib, Inc.

Most unscrupulous competitor?
Creative Labs may well be unscrupulous, but the statement as written isn't backed up and doesn't sound very NPOV.

Homebrewing
A fair amount of musical creation programs, such as trackers, were created to utilize the AdLib. Would it be out of place to mention this? Perhaps in a separate paragraph.

Name
If I remember correctly, the AdLib was actually named Ad Lib. I'll check the old AdLib user manuals I have lying around at home... JAL 82.92.15.150 06:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, checked (yeah, needed that 1.5 year :)), and it is indeed Ad Lib, with the space. I'll change the text on the page, but I have no idea how to change the actual page title. Jalwikip (talk) 09:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, moved page to company name. Jalwikip (talk) 15:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Why they went bankrupt
Ad Lib went bankrupt mostly because they couldn't secure enough private investment in their R&D efforts. Even worse, the company had trouble with their R&D claim (the government was very slow processing claims at the time). They made several appeals to the provincial government for financial help. At the time, they were one of the very few high-tech companies in Quebec City, so they hoped that someone would care -- in vain. In the end, their product (the unfinished AdLib Gold specs and prototypes) was purchased by a German company, which released it almost immediatly (without proper debugging). Hugo Dufort 20:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Additional reference: Excerpt: "Before Ad Lib went bankrupt they had already sent prototypes of the Gold and development software to several software companies." -- Hugo Dufort 20:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

It would be interesting to read what maneuvers, if it is known, Creative did to prevent Ad Lib from creating an alternative product. ex: At the time I heard that Yamaha did not fully cooperate or even slowed the development of the AdLib Gold card. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeanph01 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

University of Quebec
There is no such thing as "University of Quebec". Either Prevel was teaching at Université Laval (in Quebec City) or he was teaching at an undisclosed campus of the Université du Québec network (province-wide). Somebody should correct the information. -- Hugo Dufort 07:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Adlib Gold
I think Dune was one of the half dozen games that came out supporting the Gold. I remember it on the setup screen, as an option. Timharwoodx 21:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Assessment
I have classified this as a Start Class article because it is thorough, but entirely unreferenced. If references were added, it would likely be a B class. I have assessed this as low importance, because the article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Canada, but covers a topic directly related to Canada. Cheers, CP 23:49, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Game Support
How about listing and linking a few of the major games with AdLib support? Of interest is "Duke Nukem II", the only game I know of that supports simultaneous use of Soundblaster and AdLib sound effects. (Of course this requires a soundcard that has AdLib support!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.251.134 (talk) 11:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Price at launch
The article doesn't mention anything about the price tag the soundcards had at their launch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.22.51.15 (talk) 14:46, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Computer gaming world mentions the price of the AdLib being $195 in the September issue of 1989, which is the earliest mention I could find in said magazine.

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1986 or 1987
In this article it is said, that the Ad Lib card was released in 1987. In books by Karen Collins (e.g. Game Sound, 2008) or in Mark J. P. Wolf's Encyclopedia of Video Games it is stated, that it was released one year early in 1986. Are there any reliable (first hand) sources, that can confirm a date? --Rettinghaus (talk) 14:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

"Adlib" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Adlib. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 9 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:29, 9 November 2021 (UTC)