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In 1993 I bought the bespoken Sound Blaster from 1989 on a flea market for around $60. It was already considered old. It could only process 8bit sound, but the
by Aldipower 4y ago
In 1993 I bought the bespoken Sound Blaster from 1989 on a flea market for around $60.
It was already considered old. It could only process 8bit sound, but the OPL voices chip was cream.
This Sound Blaster was also known as Sound Blaster 1.5 later, if I remember correctly.
Some months (sic!) ago I got an Sound Blaster 16 with SCSI interface at Ebay for $100.
Oh man, the OPL2 chip has such a nice and warm sound. Superb quality.
The additional SCSI interface makes this Sound Blaster perfect for retro computing.
- FreeFull 4y agoThe Sound Blaster 16 actually has the OPL3 chip, which is OPL2-compatible, but also has extra waveforms and allows combining 4 waveforms per instrument, rather than just two.
- Aldipower 4y agoThanks, I was a little bit puzzled.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoAHA1542CPs are available for cheap. You can splurge and get the best ISA SCSI card to be had.
- Aldipower 4y agoGood card, but be aware, this is a plug and play card, which is not working on older systems.
- thfuran 4y ago>(sic!) What?
- willismichael 4y agoIt means "written as intended": https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sic-meaning-usage-editorial-citation https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sic-meaning-us...
- Prcmaker 4y agoI'm not sure the definition explains the usage in this case.
- serf 4y agoit makes sense to me; it's somewhat out of the ordinary to have bought a sound blaster recently, thus the author is verifying that that is indeed what they meant to write.
- defanor 4y agoMakes sense with the context, but at first I, too, was confused. And it's not the first time I see such usage of "sic!" as confusing. <joke>Perhaps it should be "(sic! sic!)" in less obvious contexts to clarify that the first "sic!" is actually intended there.</joke>
- GauntletWizard 4y agoBuying a SoundBlaster 16 in 2023 is well past it's prime. He's clarifying that this isn't a story about months after in 1993 era, but a story in the present day.
- tastysandwich 4y agoI think OP is just highlighting that yes, they indeed bought a 30 year-old sound card only few months ago, and that they did not mean to write "many years ago", or "a few months later" instead.
- nevster 4y agoI currently have a 486 with Sound Blaster 16 for sale on eBay! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195638491826 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195638491826