New production samples arrived from factory - fresh from the oven 😁
We needed some layout adjustments with the major difference being that the USB port is now a USB-C one , this is was necessary because otherwise in most cases the USB-A port would be obscured. Keep in mind these are samples and we did not want to wait longer to get them - so not all parts are optimal: for example there will be color coded jacks on the black card and some passives will be upgraded - there was no stock but they are on order now)
So the MK1869 looks like this now:


And now for something new: taking inspiration from the original Gravis UltraSound EXTREME card let me present you the MK1869 XTREME
The main obvious change other than color is that the ES690 wavetable gets replaced with a Gravis InterWave 4MB setup.
This one took quite some time to figure out routing so everything fits on a PCB that does not exceed the length of the 16bit ISA slot.
MK1869 XTREME was designed to be a compact yet very capable soundcard and I think that this goal is met 😀



so that's it for now - next step is manufacture a proper stainless steel bracket and ship some preview units so we get some more feedback on both
thanks for looking!