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Cloudschatze
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« on: March 19, 2006, 02:32:03 AM » |
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Hey guys,
I'm on a quest for one of Media Vision's old, 8-bit Pro AudioSpectrum cards, hoping to satisfy a curiosity. If you happen to have one, or know where one may be found, please let me know.
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jbltecnicspro
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2006, 10:58:18 PM » |
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Good luck with it... Why do you want one? (I'm just curious)  |
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BlueMax
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 05:10:50 AM » |
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Don't I feel silly now, having dumped a lot of my sound card collection in "the great purge". Other than a couple early soundblasters, an Adlib and AdLib Gold w/ daughterboard, GUS Max and GUS PnP - I have no cool oldies left.
I used to have a PAS and PAS16. Sorry I can't offer 'em any longer.
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Cloudschatze
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2006, 02:48:08 AM » |
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Almost have it...
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BlueMax
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2006, 04:39:06 PM » |
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got a Thunderboard here...
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Cloudschatze
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2006, 04:49:49 PM » |
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Hrm. I probably don't need it, but do you want to sell/trade it?
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BlueMax
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2006, 10:56:40 PM » |
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Well sure! Still have an Adlib Gold 1000 with additional daughterboard I don't really need... as cool as it is to hold in my hand. And a vintage AdLib which I don't think I'll get rid of. |
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Cloudschatze
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 11:13:04 PM » |
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Well sure! Cool. PM me your demands.  By the way, it looks like this was a teeny, tiny bit pre-emptive: Almost have it... Almost had it, as it were. |
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Cloudschatze
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2006, 08:37:44 PM » |
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BlueMax, check your private messages...
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2006, 12:10:50 AM » |
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Still have an Adlib Gold 1000 with additional daughterboard I don't really need... as cool as it is to hold in my hand. Incidentally, there's an Adlib Gold 1000 up for grabs in ebay right now. And the seller is also from Canada. The card even includes the original docs and disks. Might be worth looking into for the collectors out there. There is a reserve though...check it out here. |
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« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2006, 01:12:53 PM » |
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If I were to keep the card, I would love a copy of his disks! My Adlib gold 1000 does work, I remember using it SIX years ago with some of the original software I found on the web - demo tunes that used the 4-op FM and small digital samples, usually for drums. Not a bad card for its day, but no comparison to my Roland SC-88 at the time. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2006, 12:50:05 AM » |
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Well the Adlib Gold 1000 auction has ended, and I think I know who made the final sniping...Congats! |
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BlueMax
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2006, 02:35:55 AM » |
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wha? One of us?
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« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2006, 06:23:59 AM » |
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I recently acquired an Adlib 1000 too, but sans software. It would be nice if the well known :wink: winner of this auction would make the software available once he has it.
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BlueMax
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« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2006, 03:18:43 PM » |
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Boy... everyone's snagging Adlib golds. Hard to believe at one point I held TWO (and sold one right here!) the fella' getting my Thunderboard and Gold 1000 is also getting the rare reverb daughterboard! |
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« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2006, 04:28:15 AM » |
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Almost have it... For real this time, honest! |
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Cloudschatze
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2006, 07:58:04 PM » |
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The PAS has arrived (thanks, Lennart!).
Interesting card. Somehow, it is able to intercept writes to the PC speaker and produce amplified beeps. Not terribly useful, but the closest likeness I've seen elsewhere has required a connection to the SPKR output on a motherboard. Would have been cool had it been able to reproduce the PCJr/Tandy 3-voice music. Ah well...
To my knowledge, there are only a handful of Sierra games that require an original PAS for stereo FM output. I'll try and make some recordings of these this weekend.
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« Reply #17 on: June 02, 2006, 09:54:57 PM » |
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Great! Can't wait to hear it. |
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« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2006, 10:44:10 PM » |
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It seems many of the early 256-color Sierra games support the Pro Audio Spectrum but not the Sound Blaster Pro. This is likely because the Pro Audio Spectrum was released before the Sound Blaster Pro. Does the Spectrum do just OPL music or music and sampled sounds in stereo?
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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2006, 02:43:33 AM » |
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It seems many of the early 256-color Sierra games support the Pro Audio Spectrum but not the Sound Blaster Pro. This is likely because the Pro Audio Spectrum was released before the Sound Blaster Pro. Does the Spectrum do just OPL music or music and sampled sounds in stereo? It's capable of stereo PCM, though I think a few more years passed before Sierra supported playback of that sort. Like the Game Blaster, Sierra's support of the Pro AudioSpectrum had a lot to do with the fact that they sold them as well, IMO. |
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