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Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard?
Yvan256 asks: "I've been looking for over 15 years for the Innovation SSI 2001 soundcard. It's a very old and extremely rare ISA card, based on the SID 6581 chip of the Commodore 64. Yes, I am aware of the HardSID (I've got one), but it's not hardware compatible with the SSI 2001 (different method of accessing the SID registers). The SSI 2001 is about the only card missing from my soundcards collection. I am aware of the IBM Music Feature, I have one. It's just not on the webpage yet. Please note, this collection is about the different technologies that came out at the beginning of the soundcards era, not the thousands of SoundBlaster clones that were available (including the Pro Audio Spectrum series). So, if anyone has an Innovation SSI 2001, or know where I could get one, please tell me."
the MIT flea market? I don't know if you're in the northeast, but it's a geek flea market held the third sunday of every month between april and october. I've seen some really strange and archaic hardware there. Google Flea at MIT and it'll give you all the info you need. If you're not in the area, perhaps you can find someone who is, to shop for you, or find a similar thing in your own area. Keep in mind this is a flea market, NOT a computer show. I believe the strangest thing I saw was a 4k 3 foot long memory board from a 1977 Cray, new in box.
hey everyone, i'm looking for a copy of haunted house for the atari 2600 for my collection. can anyone help me?
WTF has gone so wrong around here? political articles with no technological connection are accepted, want ads are accepted. How soon until slashdot accepts articles about "i'm having a problem in my freshman java class, here's the code, can anyone help?" are the norm?
Contact the people that made it ?
I'm sure they'll have some old stock sitting in a warehouse somewhere or know where you can get one, especially if you point out thats the only card missing from your collection.
...so there is no reason why I should keep all that trash.
Dear Sir,
I am Chief Accountant with the National Oil Nigeria
PLC (N/Oil) and member of 5 MAN Contract Executive
Review Panel (comprising 2 Snr.Staff of CBN and 3
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of President Obasanjo. So far we have come across a
surplus of the sum of US$27M.(Twenty-seven Million
Dollars)which was as a result of deliberate
over-invoicing of certain contracts awarded by
Contract Award Committee of the cooperation. Also we
have one SSI 2001 soundcard.
The last installments due has been paid to the various
Contractors, while the said surplus still floats in
our Apex Bank waiting Off-shore remittance which we
want to carry out right now. As civil servants we not
allowed operate foreign account, therefore seek your
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the Fund would be lodged.
25% of the total Sum is for you 5% for expenses during
transaction, and 70% for my colleagues and me. The SSI
2001 soundcard will be included with the 25%.
A friend who is a Staff of World Trading Center (WTC)
here in Lagos made your contact available. Please
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transaction through the above E-mail address or fax
number.
I decided to contact you base on the fact that I have
no foreign partner to assist me in executing the
transaction. If you accept to carry out this business
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Slashdot: Classifieds for nerds, shit that other people don't want.
-jX
Don't you just love politics? It's like a comedy of errors.
Hmm, I had the CM32L module that's mentioned under the LAPC-1 section. It was a repackaged version of Rolands MT32 sound module, a digital synth that also included drum sounds. All the CM32L had on the front panel was a power switch and volume control, and needed to be accessed from a computer to do anything useful. It sounded terrible when it was new (very thin sounds with little character), and after a few days trying to decide what it was useful for I sold it. I can't imagine a soundcard version would be any better for serious music making, so I guess it was mostly used for games.
Of course there's none on the market, it came out around 1989! Of course I know that most people who own one won't sell theirs. However, if most Slashdot users are like me, they have a pile of unused hardware in a box somewhere. Maybe one of them have one, that's why I'm asking. I did say I've been looking for that card for over 15 years, you know.
Have you posted on the Ebay Want it Now boards? They don't get a lot of action, but you never know when the right person might look, see you post, and say "I have one of those."
I smurf everything and everything I smurf is perfect.
...but I'm keeping it for my own sound card museum. That I just started.
Why, thank you, Capt. Obvious.
Dude, I think you just out-nerded everyone here.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
I understand the posters problem, as the basic question is: "Where to find rare out-of-date hardware"
I think a lot of slashdot readers have been looking for rare hardware in the past. I have looked for a riser card for an Apricot system mainboard once, after the company went under, never found it.
I'm not sure this specific question merits being a Slashdot topic, but I do think the audience is the right one. I wish him good luck finding this item.
RogerWilco the Adventurous Janitor
Maybe you could contact Lord British. I believe that Ultima IV or VI supported the card. He may know who had the card.
Why, thank you, Capt. Obvious.
How could you mistake him for Capt. Obvious?
He isn't even Cpt Obvious, Cptn. Obvious, Captain Obvious, or Captian Obvious.
Forget captain. He isn't even Lieutenant Obvious or plain old Mr. Obvious. No names are given like Ron Obvious, Archie Obvious, or Seor Obvious. And it's pretty obvious that he isn't The Obvious Man, an Obvious troll, or even some Overly Obvious Guy.
I think what you posted is Obvious Nonsense and the obvious thing to do would be to keep quiet.
Have you read my journal today?
But try the local pawn shops and thrift stores. Most of the ones around here have at least one or two computers from that era sitting in there, that the owner would probably be willing to sell for $10 bucks or so. Maybe you'll get lucky, and find one with the sound card that you're wanting.
I know it's a long shot, but if you've been searching for 15 years, it might be worth it.
I doubt they have one in-house, but I can give you a slight lead....
There is a scrap yard / used appliances / refurbished computer company in Southern Ohio called ReUse. They occasionally will get in odd bits and pieces from the surrounding universities and public schools. If you ask really, really nicely, I bet they would keep an eye out for you. (One of the last loads they got in that I got to help unload had a stack of HP LaserJet printers. Just "LaserJet". No bloody II, III, 4, or 5. Plus a few dumb terminals of early 1990's vintage, 30-pin RAM new in box, etc.)
-Pope Peter Porker, S.O.W., K.M.K.R., U.G.O.A., F.S.G.S.D.
Indeed, Ultima VI supported it. In fact it's one of the rare game that did support it. It might be a long shot, but at least Lord British should be easier to find than a company that's probably been closed almost 20 years ago.
Explain why someone would collect stamps but not use them? Explain why people collect matchbooks and don't use them?
It's just a collection, it's not about cramming the most different soundcards ever put in a single system at once.
Besides, it's a part of computer history, and there's only a handful of people like me on the whole planet. I don't know about you, but 3 or 4 people with these particular pieces of hardware is not enough, as far as preserving computing history goes.
That may not be an "official" museum, but that's what museum do: keep old crap for people to see and learn about.
and with a defeatist attitude like that you only reinforce the silly stereotypes.
there are many women that will date nerds/geeks, however nerds/geeks usually have a more shy nature about them and not enough courage at the time to go talk to a fine, beautiful woman. if they did try and had some self confidence in there speech, dressed well, they'd be able to get some fine ladies.
If your neighbours roof is flying past your window, you know it's cyclone season.
It's true, my website has fallen way behind in terms of updates. However, I do plan on adding content and updating it some day.
As for your Sound Master comment, I'm more interested in the synth side of soundcards. If Sim City supports digital audio, it would sound about the same coming from any soundcard with a DAC (aside from SNR, 8-bit vs 16-bit, mono/stereo, etc). Ultima VI is a good game to get music from since it supports most cards to their best potential.
YOU sir, just made my day :-D
Thankyou so very much for the laughs!
-gus
A good place to find such items is Hamfests, or electronic flea markets. They have been rendered nearly useless with the advent of eBay and the like, but they still exist and nowadays, they are more computer junk than radio junk. There are typically lots of vendors there with tons of old computer boards. Most of the stuff is terribly outdated and people rarely buy anything, but you may find your jewel in the rough. Look to "Nuts & Volts Magazine" (they probably have a website) or do a Google search for "Hamfest Calendar" to find any scheduled fests in your area. Good luck, and YIAAH.
-- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
But what would be the point, he wants it for a museum, not for use. Kinda defeats the object.
Sure, I can sketch a penny black onto a piece of paper, but for the purposes of stamp collecting, it's useless.
I keep it to scare the youngsters. It is one ugly ass card!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
I can't tell you how they're connected.
ISA?
Information wants to be free.
Entertainment wants to be paid.
You just want to be cheap.
Oh, c'mon -- why ruin the running joke by trying to take it seriously?
I'm a married geek. Most of my friends are married or committed geeks, and most of the women in that set are damn fine. Obviously, geeks can get laid -- but that's no reason to avoid using the contrary stereotype to make a joke; it's only defeatist if in a context where there's reason to take it seriously.
I know that you've said that you have looked at the back of old computers to see if you can find one of these, but I had another idea. What system vendors sold their new computers with those cards installed? If you can find a bunch of those systems kicking around, I'd bet that you'll eventually find one of the cards that you're looking for.
...just an idea
-Turkey
Why not build a new one? You could get the sid chip from an old C64. Then design a pcb with the sid and some ttl chips, and there you go!
John Titor: On my worldline, it is known that the the Innovation SSI 2001 soundcard is capable of reading all the sound data recorded before the widespread use of MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. This is required for us to translate the last remaining copies of some very important files.
If you want to try just one hamfest, the Dayton Hamvention, in Dayton, Ohio, is (somewhat improbably, I always thought) by far the world's largest, and is coming up in a couple of months (it's May 18-20 this year). If you don't find what you need there, it's likely you'll meet people or organizations that can help you look.
Can't help you with the card but I hope you find one. And I especially hope you find one through /. And I'm appalled by most of the complaining commentary, if you don't appreciate this story, why are you here ?
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
Nope, that's too recent. Check your piles of XT and 286 stuff.
Same here.
"There is nothing nice about Steve Jobs and nothing evil about Bill Gates." - Chuck Peddle
Glad to be of service. :)
Have you read my journal today?
And how much delight for a Plan 9 user that it was brought to the world through Bell Labs.
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
because if that stereotype continue's as jokes, alot of women won't think it to be a joke and the geeks chances diminish slightly to moderately.
but good point none the less
If your neighbours roof is flying past your window, you know it's cyclone season.
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
If you hadn't added some of those yourself, it might have been funny. :)
So, it's just plain sad.
Have you read my journal today?
I think it may be time to give up trying to find an Innovation and simply have an ISA card made that functions like an Innovation would. You would need a MOS 6582 SID (all reports state that it is the 9v 6582, not the 12v 6581 that is on the card), an 8-bit ISA prototype board, an RCA jack, some TTL logic for address decoding and signal translation and passive components. I wouldn't bother with the gameport jack. Fortunately, the Innovation was not innovative at all when it came to interfacing with the PCs I/O bus. The SID has 32 registers and the Innovation takes up 32 I/O ports beginning at addresses 260h, 280h, 2A0h or 2C0h (jumper selectable.) This has been confirmed in DOSBox. It should use the same clock frequency as an NTSC C64, 1.02MHz, which can easily be obtained on the ISA bus. If money is little object, then you should find someone skilled with ISA prototypes and have him make your Innovation.