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Mike Chambers

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i've been wanting to get a sound card for my PS/2 8580, but i don't know if they ever made any kind of sound card for the MCA bus. was anything ever available for it? preferably SB-compatible.
 
Mike Chambers said:
i've been wanting to get a sound card for my PS/2 8580, but i don't know if they ever made any kind of sound card for the MCA bus. was anything ever available for it? preferably SB-compatible.
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There was models by several manufacturers, including two true Soundblaster versions, however they tend to be one of the rarer options on PS/2s...
 
Mike Chambers said:
i've been wanting to get a sound card for my PS/2 8580, but i don't know if they ever made any kind of sound card for the MCA bus. was anything ever available for it? preferably SB-compatible.
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earlier this year a couple of mca sound cards sold on ebay.. iirc they went for over $200 each. i got mine (original ibm card.. audiovation) quite a while ago for around $70 and thought that was a steep (and outlandish) price.. it was in the original (shop worn) box with most of the accessories though... seems mca sound cards are hard to find.
 
justjunk said:
earlier this year a couple of mca sound cards sold on ebay.. iirc they went for over $200 each. i got mine (original ibm card.. audiovation) quite a while ago for around $70 and thought that was a steep (and outlandish) price.. it was in the original (shop worn) box with most of the accessories though... seems mca sound cards are hard to find.
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wow! that's crazy.
 
Yeah, all the MCA sound cards I have seen sell have gone for some insane pricing. I never saw someone so desperate to get sound on a PS/2. I was lucky to find a Crystal-chipset MCA sound card hiding in an RS/6000.
 
NeXT said:
...I was lucky to find a Crystal-chipset MCA sound card hiding in an RS/6000.
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But did you get it working in a PS/2? You are referring to the "Ultimedia" card (http://ibmmuseum.com/ohlandl/RS6000/rs6000_7-6.html), and those thinking it is an option need to read over information on the comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware newsgroup. We wouldn't want to give the impression this works in a PS/2 without fail.
 
Like I said, he didn't use enough keywords that most of us might search for!
 
Nice. Yeah, I only remember going up to maybe the Sound Blaster Pro on MCA before Creative Labs gave up. Adlib might have had something too, but that's all I remember.
 
EddieDX4 said:
You bid less than $10? Heck, if I would have seen that I would have gladly bid at least 4 times that...
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I have a MCA soundcard and I am cheap! If I didnt have one I would have put in a bigger bid, but still not $40, another cheap one will come around again sooner or later.
 
It looks like the one I've got up (ends today) might go for a reasonable price -- not too many people watching it. Of course, this is the slow time of year for eBay, at least in the electronics/vintage computers world.
 
What was the title of your auction? I went through every possible combination that makes sense to me just now and it didn't return any results...
 
"Creative SoundBlaster Pro 2 MCV MicroChannel MCA PS/2"...I think failure to include "sound card" in the title is what's kept it low.
 
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