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First post, by Scythifuge

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Greetings,

I recently made a post about my first sound card I ever had, back in 1993, and due to an excellent video from Phil's Computer Lab where he demonstrated the DOS-based configuration app with a nice GUI, determined that it had an OPTi chipset. I had a Televideo card, and most pics of that card show the Opti chip (or Televideo sticker,) and OPL chip, and either a Crystal or Analog Devices Chip.

I cannot find any information on this card, and I checked the FCC site. I assume that the drivers for similar cards will work fine, though I am hoping to find more information, if anyone knows anything. Thanks!

Reply 1 of 8, by Scythifuge

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Right after posting I found that it may be an "Anchor" card, but so far, no other info as of yet.

Reply 2 of 8, by giantclam

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OPTI MJ-009R06 SOUND CARD GAME PORT 16-BIT ISA 82c924

Reply 3 of 8, by Scythifuge

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giantclam wrote on 2023-12-31, 00:56:

OPTI MJ-009R06 SOUND CARD GAME PORT 16-BIT ISA 82c924

Thank you! It looks like it came out after 1993. Bummer. I am trying to hunt down a card with a similar configuration (different Opti chip it seems) from 1993.

Reply 4 of 8, by giantclam

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Yeah, the date codes place it at circa 1995 ~ I doubt that OPL synth is actually Yamaha (silkscreen printing seems off), and as the FCC number draws a blank, it's likely some clone of the model I referenced =)

Reply 5 of 8, by Scythifuge

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giantclam wrote on 2023-12-31, 02:00:

Yeah, the date codes place it at circa 1995 ~ I doubt that OPL synth is actually Yamaha (silkscreen printing seems off), and as the FCC number draws a blank, it's likely some clone of the model I referenced =)

How can I find out about date codes when card hunting?

Reply 6 of 8, by DerBaum

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Scythifuge wrote on 2023-12-31, 04:31:
giantclam wrote on 2023-12-31, 02:00:

Yeah, the date codes place it at circa 1995 ~ I doubt that OPL synth is actually Yamaha (silkscreen printing seems off), and as the FCC number draws a blank, it's likely some clone of the model I referenced =)

How can I find out about date codes when card hunting?

Look for the dates on the chips. All chips on this card are from 95 ... the other 2 numbers next to the year are normally the week.
Sometimes you can find dates on the circuitboard itself in a similar fashion...

The newest date you can find on any chip is most likely the date is was made ( in this cards case around week 51 of 1995) ... the date on the circuitboard normally tells the revision date wich is often the start of production (of this revision) and not the actual date it was made ...

I have marked all dates i could see:

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Here for example is a card from around mid 1994 from the chip dates:

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FCKGW-RHQQ2

Reply 7 of 8, by DerBaum

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PLEASE read this thread : Reveal TM V1.10 Sound Card

I think user "gca" is talking exactly about your Reveal set...

But the card is not OPTI... Its a card with a ASC-9308 chip...

FCKGW-RHQQ2

Reply 8 of 8, by Scythifuge

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DerBaum wrote on 2023-12-31, 05:46:

PLEASE read this thread : Reveal TM V1.10 Sound Card

I think user "gca" is talking exactly about your Reveal set...

But the card is not OPTI... Its a card with a ASC-9308 chip...

Thank you! That should make my seaerch a bit easier, knowing how to read the dates!

I saw one of those Reveal TM cards during my search. I will try to find a video or pictures of the configuration app, if it has one. I do remember that gui app from Phil's video, though I don't know if it was used for other chips.