Found this BTC sound card @21€.

Does anyone knows why it has a 27c256 OTP eprom ? Is it possible to find an ES689F or is it unobtainium ?

Xicor wrote on 2020-12-29, 16:46:

Found this BTC sound card @21€.

BTC_ESS1688F.jpg

Does anyone knows why it has a 27c256 OTP eprom ? Is it possible to find an ES689F or is it unobtainium ?

Are you referring to wave table something? I have an audodrive with it if that helps.

got again an ATI VGA Stereo/FX - maybe when it arrives in a month I'll also figure out the joystick/midi/line-in pins on that DB26 connector

... and maybe I will provide better pics for wikipedia, my old pic is used for that card and it's too crappy nowdays 🤣 🤣 🤣

keropi wrote on 2020-12-29, 19:12:

got again an ATI VGA Stereo/FX - maybe when it arrives in a month I'll also figure out the joystick/midi/line-in pins on that DB […]
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got again an ATI VGA Stereo/FX - maybe when it arrives in a month I'll also figure out the joystick/midi/line-in pins on that DB26 connector

... and maybe I will provide better pics for wikipedia, my old pic is used for that card and it's too crappy nowdays 🤣 🤣 🤣

Cool!

Back in the day, I knew only one person who had one of these . I seem to recall he was happy with it .

Xicor wrote on 2020-12-29, 16:46:

Does anyone knows why it has a 27c256 OTP eprom ? Is it possible to find an ES689F or is it unobtainium ?

To save resource settings.

Purchased this SC-55 from its renowned owner recently. There's slightly more to the story, but, suffice it to say, this is -the- Sound Canvas that was used for the scoring of Noctropolis and other titles.

Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-12-29, 20:07:

Purchased this SC-55 from its renowned owner recently. There's slightly more to the story, but, suffice it to say, this is -the- Sound Canvas that was used for the scoring of Noctropolis and other titles.

Thing looks brand new.

I just purchased a GS-only logo SC-55 myself, but it's not in such a pristine condition as yours.

oh nice, some GS-only SC-55 😀
about time!
awesome find Cloudschatze btw!

canthearu wrote on 2020-12-29, 02:30:

Hakeshu wrote on 2020-12-28, 22:08:

This beauty arrived today. Will make some tests on my Pentium 200 (atm with a Trident 3D 9750).

Have my fingers crossed for you. Some S3 Virge cards have OK display output, others are totally blurry and crap.

Ouch, really?? I'm hoping for a good display. Since I'm out of Blank CD and floppy disks, I cant' install it properly atm due lack of drivers. I bought a Gotek Floppy driver, once it arrives, I'll rejoice thinkering with old tech.

Got this a few days ago and loving it (even if it's being a little temperamental!)

Not hardware but if your foot it will definitely be painful. OS/2 2.1 UNLEASHED by SAMS Publishing from 1993. Over a thousand pages of OS/2 sweetness. The book is in excellent condition for it's age.

It will come in handy for my up coming OS/2 v2.1 installation on my MITEK 386DX25 system using scsi....

Just got this FX 5500 256Mb AGP recently for about 5 usd

keropi wrote on 2020-12-29, 19:12:

got again an ATI VGA Stereo/FX - maybe when it arrives in a month I'll also figure out the joystick/midi/line-in pins on that DB […]
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got again an ATI VGA Stereo/FX - maybe when it arrives in a month I'll also figure out the joystick/midi/line-in pins on that DB26 connector

... and maybe I will provide better pics for wikipedia, my old pic is used for that card and it's too crappy nowdays 🤣 🤣 🤣

Beautiful! Congrats!

Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-12-29, 20:07:

Purchased this SC-55 from its renowned owner recently. There's slightly more to the story, but, suffice it to say, this is -the […]
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Purchased this SC-55 from its renowned owner recently. There's slightly more to the story, but, suffice it to say, this is -the- Sound Canvas that was used for the scoring of Noctropolis and other titles.

Now THAT is awesome! Talk about nostalgia...

Hope he signed it 😁

Artex wrote on 2020-12-29, 23:35:

Beautiful! Congrats!

You don't have a complete one Artex , do you? 🤣

keropi wrote on 2020-12-29, 23:45:

Artex wrote on 2020-12-29, 23:35:

Beautiful! Congrats!

You don't have a complete one Artex , do you? 🤣

Sadly, I do not... 😜

Couple of lovely 8-bits and beautiful AT case.

Xicor wrote on 2020-12-29, 16:46:

Found this BTC sound card @21€.

BTC_ESS1688F.jpg

Does anyone knows why it has a 27c256 OTP eprom ? Is it possible to find an ES689F or is it unobtainium ?

That one time EPROM is likely a lookup or program table for the 3d effects processor on the ES968F. Programmed at the factory.

Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-12-29, 22:13:

Not hardware but if your foot it will definitely be painful. OS/2 2.1 UNLEASHED by SAMS Publishing from 1993. Over a thousand pages of OS/2 sweetness. The book is in excellent condition for it's age.

It will come in handy for my up coming OS/2 v2.1 installation on my MITEK 386DX25 system using scsi....

Snap 😀 - still have my original bookstore-bought copy from back then. Does yours still have the shareware disk at the back? - if not and you want a copy I can run you off an image.