6 May
2010
6 May
'10
12:29 a.m.
I've got a PS/2 Model 80 (totally tricked out with a 40Mhz Cyrix
386->486 upgrade and 48mb ram) that I have a hankering to do some old
DOS gaming on. Don't ask me why I want to do this on a PS/2, it makes
no sense -- I just do. I lack any sort of sound device, however, and
they seem to be hard to find these days...
Anyone have an MCA sound card (something that is SoundBlaster compatible
would be very useful...) they'd be willing to sell or trade? I've got a
lovely M-Motion Video Adapter/A (capture video on your PS/2!) to get rid
of :).
Thanks as always,
Josh
6 May
6 May
1:02 a.m.
On 5/5/2010 11:29 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I've got a PS/2 Model 80 (totally tricked out with
a 40Mhz Cyrix
386->486 upgrade and 48mb ram) that I have a hankering to do some old
DOS gaming on. Don't ask me why I want to do this on a PS/2, it makes no
sense -- I just do. I lack any sort of sound device, however, and they
seem to be hard to find these days...
Anyone have an MCA sound card (something that is SoundBlaster compatible
would be very useful...) they'd be willing to sell or trade? I've got a
lovely M-Motion Video Adapter/A (capture video on your PS/2!) to get rid
of :).
I have an MCA Pro Audio Spectrum, but my experience with it and an MCA
Sound Blaster were disappointing (ie. compatibility was extremely low
despite one of them being the actual Sound Blaster MCA).
My advice for oldskool gaming is to set up anything OTHER than a
microchannel machine. My PS/2 Model 30-286 is great for this.
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1:59 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
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Subject: Re: MCA Sound Card?
I have an MCA Pro Audio Spectrum, but my experience
with it and an MCA
Sound Blaster were disappointing (ie. compatibility was extremely low
despite one of them being the actual Sound Blaster MCA).
My advice for oldskool gaming is to set up anything OTHER than a
microchannel machine. My PS/2 Model 30-286 is great for this.
--
Interesting, I was under the impression that a real soundblaster (even an
MCA one) would work fine for gaming. Is there an issue with the CPU used or
something? Why do people blow big bucks to have a soundcard they cannot use
well?
1:06 p.m.
On 5/6/2010 12:59 AM, Teo Zenios wrote:
Interesting, I was under the impression that a real soundblaster (even
an MCA one) would work fine for gaming. Is there an issue with the CPU
used or something? Why do people blow big bucks to have a soundcard they
cannot use well?
Interrupt programming IIRC. I'm not an expert on why/how MCA differed
from ISA from a programming perspective.
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Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
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