Alrighty you retro-maniacs! Artex is back in the saddle on this wonderful Father's Day (Happy Father's day to all you fathers out there!). Speaking of fathers, let's talk about the grand-daddy of sound card 'fathers' - or perhaps great, great, great Grandfathers...
So I have a bare version, a boxed but incomplete version, and now....the whole shebang! Not only is finding one of these tough, but boxed is even tougher, boxed and complete is even tougher, but boxed, complete & with the optional surround/reverb module is pretty much unobtaniaum!
So here you go!
Ad Lib Gold 1000 8-bit ISA with Surround-Reverb Module (Boxed, Complete) (1991)
Ad Lib Gold Midi Pack (Boxed) (1993)
Ensoniq SoundScape Elite (S2016-II) ISA #3 (1994)
This is my 3rd bare (also have two boxed) Ensoniq SoundScape Elites. I have a mild obsession with this card's wavetable patch-set and I still think it's on-par with the SC-55MK/MKII if not a better with this DSP dauhterboard. The first machine (I bought myself) was back in 1995, and was a Gateway 2000 P5-75 with the OEM version of the SoundScape S-2000 with the 2MB patch set. I was always in awe and wondered what the Elite version could offer. DOOM, Duke3D, ROTT... so many memories of that sweet, sweet MIDI.
I've also been on a processor kick lately, finding some good stuff. Starting with the very rare Barton 3200+ and the AMD K6-III+550! I also snagged a Cyrix 5x86-100GP, but the 4X version which is pretty rare nowadays. The Intel 387 DX is pretty neat given it's still sealed from 1993 - and I love that you can see that little coproc peeping out from the box saying "drop me into an SX board!" Other than that, a set of twinsie K6-III+ 450s for a few retro boxes.
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4E) Socket A (Barton) (400Mhz FSB) (2003)
AMD K6-III+550 ACR 2.0V (1999)
AMD K6-III+450 ACZ 2.0V #2 (1999)
Cyrix 5x86-100GP 4X (G5FB607B) (7th week 1996)
Intel 387 DX Math CoProcessor (BOX387DX) (NOS) (1993)
