Reply 31940 of 53029, by cyclone3d
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gdjacobs wrote on 2020-01-14, 18:27:MrSmiley381 wrote on 2020-01-14, 18:03:cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-14, 17:20:That is an an understatement.
Come to think of it, haven't we seen more AdLib Golds and Creative 3D Blasters surface in the last few years than we've seen original Pro Audio Spectrums?
Well, we do have Hard1k and Artex, so it makes sense. Still, I don't think the 8 bit PAS are as rare as MCA audio cards.
I've see more MCA audio cards show up for sale than 8-bit PAS... as in, This is the only 8-bit PAS I have seen for sale at my normal hunting places compared to MCA cards.
There are 4 different sellers that have the MCA m-acpa sound card listed on eBay right now.
I think I've seen at least one of the MCA Sound Blaster cards for sale. But then again, I don't really keep an eye out for MCA stuff either so I probably missed some.
The MCA cards tend to go for crazy high prices as well.
Granted, there is a lot less to choose from for MCA systems.
http://ohlandl.ipv7.net/sound/sound_index.html
I just don't have any real desire to have an MCA system. Not enough different available hardware compared to other setups.
I did have an IBM MCA system given to me about 20 years ago, but back then I couldn't find anything to help me get it going so I am pretty sure it got scrapped.
Pretty sure it was a pretty tall and super heavy tower. Nothing really exciting as far as actual hardware goes.