Reply 21 of 54, by Totempole
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wrote:DSP V2 makes it a SB2.0. 😀 Whoever bought it installed upgrades. 😀
The weird thing is it's not a removable chip, so it would have had to have been soldered on in place of the old one. If that's the case it was done exceptionally well, because it looks like it came like that from the factory.
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Reply 22 of 54, by Cloudschatze
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The later Sound Blaster 1.5 cards came with the 2.00 DSP. Yours, being soldered, is obviously a later card.
And no, DSP v2.00 does not an SB2.0 make. While the v2.00 DSP added auto-initialize DMA capabilities to the SB1.5 (a good thing), the Sound Blaster 2.0 shipped with DSP version 2.01, which additionally features higher playback and input rates (via the high-speed modes).
Reply 23 of 54, by Totempole
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wrote:The later Sound Blaster 1.5 cards came with the 2.00 DSP. Yours, being soldered, is obviously a later card.
And no, DSP v2.00 does not an SB2.0 make. While the v2.00 DSP added auto-initialize DMA capabilities to the SB1.5 (a good thing), the Sound Blaster 2.0 shipped with DSP version 2.01, which additionally features higher playback and input rates (via the high-speed modes).
That makes more sense. Thanks for the insight. 😀
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Reply 24 of 54, by NJRoadfan
Anyone have a picture of a real Soundblaster 1.0? All I've seen (and own) are CT-1320C 1.5 cards.
Reply 25 of 54, by smeezekitty
wrote:Anyone have a picture of a real Soundblaster 1.0? All I've seen (and own) are CT-1320C 1.5 cards.
Reply 26 of 54, by Artex
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Here are mine! 😀
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Reply 27 of 54, by vetz
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wrote:Here are mine! 😀
That pic is almost just as bad as this:
Reply 28 of 54, by Artex
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DROOL!
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Reply 29 of 54, by Stiletto
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wrote:wrote:Here are mine! 😀
That pic is almost just as bad as this
*dies* 😳
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Reply 30 of 54, by Totempole
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Pfffft... Show offs. 😒
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Reply 31 of 54, by vetz
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wrote:Pfffft... Show offs. 😒
I wish they were mine. The guy who owns all those 3DO Blasters has an insane collection:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/188483-bitra … orth-many-pics/
Reply 32 of 54, by Artex
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wrote:wrote:Pfffft... Show offs. 😒
I wish they were mine. The guy who owns all those 3DO Blasters has an insane collection:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/188483-bitra … orth-many-pics/
Good LORD!
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Reply 33 of 54, by Totempole
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wrote:wrote:wrote:Pfffft... Show offs. 😒
I wish they were mine. The guy who owns all those 3DO Blasters has an insane collection:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/188483-bitra … orth-many-pics/Good LORD!
I'd be happy with just one of them.
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Reply 34 of 54, by Malik
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Not trying to be the Fox in the Aesop's Sour Grapes story, I've passed the stage when I used to drool over all the collections. Right, now I'm selling off all the stuff and keeping my room lean and clean, down to the only systems I'm using. I still have an extra CT2760 box and contents, though. And I'm still keeping my CT1320C box with contents.
Reply 35 of 54, by MMaximus
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Actually I find this 3do "collection" quite scary!
Reply 36 of 54, by mr_bigmouth_502
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I actually think that one guy's 3D0 collection is rather excessive. It's almost like he's purposefully trying to drive up the prices of some already-rare items. 😜 It was pretty neat seeing those functional M2 consoles though, I was seriously convinced that none of the ones ever produced were actually functional, but he had one hooked up and even running some games.
Reply 37 of 54, by smeezekitty
Ok. I'll bite.
What is a 3DO blaster?
Reply 38 of 54, by NJRoadfan
wrote:Actually I find this 3do "collection" quite scary!
Yeah, who could possibly want three copies of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties?
The 3DO Blaster was a kit that included a 3DO on an ISA card, a controller, and a CD-ROM drive.
Reply 39 of 54, by Malik
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That 3DO collector obviously has an obsessive-compulsive disorder.(Obsessive Compulsive disorder takes many forms). Many don't realise it. Multiple, multiple copies of both the same types of hardware and software. (And also notice how he takes the photographs placing the items eccentrically against the corners.) Even those who say that that was an "accomplishment" or was "amazing" (as seen on that forum) won't do such hoarding themselves.