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First post, by GL1zdA

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Did anyone try to snatch these:Reply SB16 Sound Card, Roland MPU-IMC Adapter?
I wanted badly the MPU, but I lost the bidding... Haven't even bothered to get the SB16...

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Reply 1 of 3, by retro games 100

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Not guilty!

Reply 2 of 3, by elfuego

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Serious prices there mate... Much more then then a simple student can afford. Sry for your loss...

P.S. What are those things anyway?

Reply 3 of 3, by GL1zdA

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What are PS/2s? The IBM PS/2 is the IBM series of PCs, that appeared after the XT. Instead of the ISA bus they use the proprietary MicroChannel Bus (which is a bit like EISA, but not ISA compatible). The nice thing about them is, that their are very nice built - you can disassemble and assemble them without a screwdriver, something that even most expensive enclosures today fail to achieve. The problem with them is that they are quite uncommon and MCA cards are rare. Especially sound cards, because these were, well, International Business Machines 😉 not multimedia PCs.

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