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In 1993 I bought the bespoken Sound Blaster from 1989 on a flea market for around $60. It was already considered old. It could only process 8bit sound, but the OPL voices chip was cream. This Sound Blaster was also known as Sound Blaster 1.5 later, if I remember correctly.

Some months (sic!) ago I got an Sound Blaster 16 with SCSI interface at Ebay for $100. Oh man, the OPL2 chip has such a nice and warm sound. Superb quality. The additional SCSI interface makes this Sound Blaster perfect for retro computing.

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The Sound Blaster 16 actually has the OPL3 chip, which is OPL2-compatible, but also has extra waveforms and allows combining 4 waveforms per instrument, rather than just two.

Thanks, I was a little bit puzzled.

AHA1542CPs are available for cheap. You can splurge and get the best ISA SCSI card to be had.

Good card, but be aware, this is a plug and play card, which is not working on older systems.

I currently have a 486 with Sound Blaster 16 for sale on eBay! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195638491826

>(sic!)

What?

It means "written as intended": https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sic-meaning-us...

I'm not sure the definition explains the usage in this case.

it makes sense to me; it's somewhat out of the ordinary to have bought a sound blaster recently, thus the author is verifying that that is indeed what they meant to write.

Makes sense with the context, but at first I, too, was confused. And it's not the first time I see such usage of "sic!" as confusing. <joke>Perhaps it should be "(sic! sic!)" in less obvious contexts to clarify that the first "sic!" is actually intended there.</joke>

Buying a SoundBlaster 16 in 2023 is well past it's prime. He's clarifying that this isn't a story about months after in 1993 era, but a story in the present day.

I think OP is just highlighting that yes, they indeed bought a 30 year-old sound card only few months ago, and that they did not mean to write "many years ago", or "a few months later" instead.

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