First post, by OliBoe
Hi,
I almost completed my 2019/2020 task of getting all three computers of my youth - ATARI 800xl with 1050 floppy, Commodore C128d and...
...my first PC ever - the ATARI PC4, 286 with 16MHz, NEAT Chipset, VGA, SCSI and 4MB RAM.
The original - now 30 years old - Seagate 66MB SCSI is still working but I´m frightend that the HDD wil die - I´ll need to think about a replacement device like SCSI2SD.
But my question for this topic is...
What would be the "best" sound card for the ATARI 286?
Best in terms of:
- Original (year of introduction) -> I had an original Adlib in 1990
- Price/Value -> an original Adlib is incredibly expensive nowadays
- Usability -> Sound Blaster 16 are cheap but do they still work in a 286 based system?
- Compability -> I´m only using old DOS games till 1991/2 as newer ones will probably not work and the 286 should be as original as possible... 😀
What would you recommend?
I found a CT2890 for a decent price (<20 Euro) - to new but maybe a good compromise...?
Cheers,
Oliver