First post, by Ozzuneoj
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It seems like this happens pretty frequently still, so maybe we should make a thread for it? It never ceases to amaze me how many obscure cards there are out there...
I'll start. I was sent pictures of this odd sound card in this old custom built PC, but I am unable to get anything clearer or more direct.
Things I notice:
2 black plastic 3.5mm plugs on one end, Volume dial, one metal 3.5mm plug in the middle, gameport
Looks to be an 8bit ISA card, though it is a little hard to tell
Total length of the card is only about as long as a 16bit ISA slot
I see none of the usual "squarish" shaped chips that you'd find on a later, more highly integrated device, and there appear to be a lot of discrete components... reminiscent of a card from the very early 90s, and yet not huge.
CD-ROM and PC speaker, audio input.
Some larger chips... possibly an OPL2?
The rest of the PC looks newer, with what is probably an Intel 430HX or 430VX board and I believe an S3 Virge.
It doesn't appear to be a Sound Blaster of any kind, so it is probably some obscure clone of an SB 2.0... but it has even less integrated components than the old CT1350B and yet is smaller. Quite puzzling!
Now for some blitting from the back buffer.
