Hmm not really sure, it was in a Dell Dimension E310. 2.8ghz Prescott core.

Today's special find:

@bishopcop
Realy special find! Beautiful and it's a Rev 3.0 PRO... looking long time for one of these
(my PnP 1.0 and Classic needs a companionship 😀 )

It would be nice if people actually write what is in the picture for the clueless among us (like me).
I see ULTRASOUND, so Gravis Ultrasound?

@James-F

Just to be sure - I'm new here that's why I'm asking. 😀
You can see description under photo I've added? Or is it just for my information and other users doesn't sees it?

Batyra wrote:

@James-F

Just to be sure - I'm new here that's why I'm asking. 😀
You can see description under photo I've added? Or is it just for my information and other users doesn't sees it?

I think his comment was directed @ bishopcop, not you. 😀

Yep, it's a Gravis Ultrasound PnP pro. It has an AMD Interwave chip (there are only a few other cards that use this tech). Haven't tested it yet so not sure if it works(it should) but I got it for very cheap. My apologies for the lack of description, I was a bit excited about the card and forgot to post one.

James-F wrote:

It would be nice if people actually write what is in the picture for the clueless among us (like me).
I see ULTRASOUND, so Gravis Ultrasound?

What was that about common knowledge? 🤣

Sorry, couldn't help myself because of your comment in the Sound Blaster thread 😊

Not to mention that on the card in the picture, to the right of ULTRASOUND it says ADVANCED GRAVIS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY LTD COPYRIGHT 1995. 😀

Maybe it's just me but I think it would be safe to bet that it's a Gravis Ultrasound indeed.

My comment was more general and not specifically for this card or poster.

Take this post for example: HERE. Finally..... what the hell is that I ask right after his post?
The common knowledge needed to identify this card is far from common.
It'll just be more convenient to actually know what is in the picture for youngsters among us. 😁

🤣 Na fair enough.

It's just that the GUS (short for Gravis Ultrasound) is such an iconic card, very recognisable because, AFAIK it's the only, or one of the few, red sound card. It's also hard to find these days, costs a fortune and basically killed Gravis financially.

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

It's just that the GUS (short for Gravis Ultrasound) is such an iconic card, very recognisable because, AFAIK it's the only, or one of the few, red sound card.

Sorry to barge in, I just wanted to say that I actually know that now, but up to a few years ago (when I started browsing this very forum) I had never seen one and the only thing I knew about such cards was that they were an option in some games.

So it's not that far-fetched to think that some people may not recognize what is being shown in the pictures. I agree that people should identify what's being shown, as obvious as it may seem to them. It also doesn't help that some pictures are huge and cut off and we can't see the whole thing in the first place.

I agree, I was just poking James for his "Single cycle DMA" is common knowledge comment in another thread 😀

For XXXL images, right click on it > open image in new tab. Or zoom out with CTRL + mouse wheel. Or just attach to the message and it will do some resizing for you, or use cloud storage like imgur.

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

...AFAIK it's the only, or one of the few, red sound card....

Nothing to do with the GUS itself or about posting photos without description, only about red sound card PCBs: It's not 😉 Of course you can't mistake them for a GUS, but many-many ESS and OPTi cards came in red PCB. For some reason it was a thing in the late 90s-early 2000s, didn't last long. Check out one of our own threads for example, I'm sure there are plenty of pics like this one: Isa sound card Opti931 no sound

Ha, there you go, other red sound cards 😊

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

I agree, I was just poking James for his "Single cycle DMA" is common knowledge comment in another thread 😀

By my sword or wit, it WILL be common knowledge. 🤣

James-F wrote:

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

I agree, I was just poking James for his "Single cycle DMA" is common knowledge comment in another thread 😀

By my sword or wit, it WILL be common knowledge. 🤣

Haha, that's the spirit 😀

If you ask me, it should be fairly common knowledge how and what a GUS looks like.
If not in other places, then at least here and on other vintage hardware forum's.
Is it me, or am I expecting too much? 😉

That be said, I understand if people have a hard time figuring out what a rare 8-bit
ISA mem card is. Or something else like that.

brostenen wrote:

If you ask me, it should be fairly common knowledge how and what a GUS looks like. If not in other places, then at least here an […]
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If you ask me, it should be fairly common knowledge how and what a GUS looks like.
If not in other places, then at least here and on other vintage hardware forum's.
Is it me, or am I expecting too much? 😉

That be said, I understand if people have a hard time figuring out what a rare 8-bit
ISA mem card is. Or something else like that.

Did you just say you wanted to help people identify rare ISA memory cards? I have good news my sweet prince. I can fulfill that fantasy. Here are 2 exhibits that have puzzled me for the past 2 years.

Exhibit 1:

It came in a box marked "Kouwell" but apart from that I have no information about it. Note that the card itself says "Kouwei"
Box:

Links to full size pics, front and back:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150308.jpeg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150320.jpeg

It has 2 banks (or is it 1 bank?) filled with 2x9 4164 chips. I played with the DIP switches for a while but couldn't figure out what they do. I have no software for it either.

Exhibit 2:

I have no information whatsoever about this card. As you see from the full size pics below, it has 2 PCBs connected together in a sandwich manner. Has 10x9 chips on the top PCB and as many on the lower one. The chips are all HM50256 (256kx1bit, so a total of about 4.5MB). No box, software or other information.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150333.jpeg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150348.jpeg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150401.jpeg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342 … 007_150412.jpeg

stamasd wrote:

brostenen wrote:

If you ask me, it should be fairly common knowledge how and what a GUS looks like. If not in other places, then at least here an […]
Show full quote

If you ask me, it should be fairly common knowledge how and what a GUS looks like.
If not in other places, then at least here and on other vintage hardware forum's.
Is it me, or am I expecting too much? 😉

That be said, I understand if people have a hard time figuring out what a rare 8-bit
ISA mem card is. Or something else like that.

Did you just say you wanted to help people identify rare ISA memory cards?

Ahhh... Not exactly. I said that I understand if people do not know what a specific 8bit-ISA memcard is.
Did not say that I want to identify it, bacause XT systems is something I do not know about. 😉