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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.
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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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
there's more than one sort of binary encoding, hence the "binaries" part. Another is binary coded decimal
you are person number 1000 (5) to point this out
the others were
0001
0011
0100
0101
and you
1000
I was taught this encoding and school back in the 80s, I can't find it on the net anywhere to name it.
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