We have opened preorders for one more batch of MK1869 and MK1869 XTREME soundcards, more info as always can be found in https://pcmidi.eu , thanks!

I put my order in for a MK1869 XTREME this week. Hopefully my payment and information was received correctly.

While the price seems high at first glance, I know from personal experience the costs can easily add up when trying to acquire NOS components in quantity.

It is expensive, but these aren't mass produced and I can also understand the difficulty of acquiring genuine NOS chips at a good price. It's not just a PCB with a Raspberry Pi or Arduino with a few discrete components; these are genuine vintage chips.

Kahenraz wrote on Yesterday, 22:50:

these are genuine vintage chips.

Exactly why I went for this instead of a PicoGUS. I have no frame of reference to judge one as superior over the other; I simply value authenticity since that way one knows what one's getting (nostalgic quirks and all, which the GUS family has plenty of). At the end of the day these undertakings may only have niche value, namely to those of us who are retro enthusiasts, but that is what makes it worth such appreciation because it is a labor of love rather than profit.

If we keep showing that appreciation, there may be more exciting things on the horizon.