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Tim 🎮And when I say "not impossible", I mean "I've made them before". If you happen to own a <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> card with the 15-pin gameport joystick header but nothing to plug into it, reach out!Edit: Note that not all cards came with the headers physically installed, so if you've just read this and are about to go browse eBay for SoundBlasters, pay close attention to the photos to see if the pins are even there - I don't know if soldering pins in makes the gameport work or not.

sazengrows<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xfi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xfi</a> Go! Pro - VIPで初心者がゲーム実況するには@ Wiki - atwiki（アットウィキ） <a href="https://w.atwiki.jp/live2ch/pages/280.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://w.atwiki.jp/live2ch/pages/280.html</a>

Doubledealer_93Ok last soundblaster photos for a bit. I swear. . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerswarforcybertronsiege" target="_blank">#transformerswarforcybertronsiege</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformers" target="_blank">#transformers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23soundblaster" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decepticons" target="_blank">#decepticons</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniatures" target="_blank">#miniatures</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a>

Doubledealer_93FIGHT! . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerswarforcybertronsiege" target="_blank">#transformerswarforcybertronsiege</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformers" target="_blank">#transformers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23autobot" target="_blank">#autobot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23twincast" target="_blank">#twincast</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23soundblaster" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decepticons" target="_blank">#decepticons</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniatures" target="_blank">#miniatures</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a>

Doubledealer_93Come on, you poor excuse for a sound system, let's dance! . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerswarforcybertronsiege" target="_blank">#transformerswarforcybertronsiege</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformers" target="_blank">#transformers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23autobot" target="_blank">#autobot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23twincast" target="_blank">#twincast</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23soundblaster" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decepticons" target="_blank">#decepticons</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniatures" target="_blank">#miniatures</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a>

L.A.Realtek motherboard audio is pretty much a lottery: depending on the chip and drivers you get, it can be either perfection, or pure shit.The Realtek codec on my old Aorus G5 is great, but the ones in Dell business PCs is so bad that I had to bring the dinosaurs back. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a>

Doubledealer_93Look into those soulless optics... . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerswarforcybertronsiege" target="_blank">#transformerswarforcybertronsiege</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformers" target="_blank">#transformers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23soundblaster" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ratbat" target="_blank">#ratbat</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decepticons" target="_blank">#decepticons</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23%23miniatures" target="_blank">##miniatures</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a>

Doubledealer_93Some soundblaster goodness. That lightpiping is delicious. . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerswarforcybertronsiege" target="_blank">#transformerswarforcybertronsiege</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformers" target="_blank">#transformers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23soundblaster" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ratbat" target="_blank">#ratbat</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decepticons" target="_blank">#decepticons</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23%23miniatures" target="_blank">##miniatures</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Ancient SoundBlaster Cards Just Got A Driver Update <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/ancient-soundblaster-cards-just-got-a-driver-update/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/ancient-soundblaster-cards-just-got-a-driver-update/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/LinuxHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinuxHacks</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Creative</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AWE32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AWE32</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a>

IT NewsAncient SoundBlaster Cards Just Got A Driver Update - Old hardware tends to get less support as the years go by, from both manufacturers... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/ancient-soundblaster-cards-just-got-a-driver-update/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/ancient-soundblaster-cards-just-got-a-driver-update/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linuxhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linuxhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creative</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/awe32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#awe32</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a>

AptiviLinux 6.16 RC3 released!It includes a system freeze bug fix for the SoundBlaster AWE32 ISA sound card!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Laptops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Creative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AWE32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AWE32</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/linux-6-16-rc3-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/linux-6-16-rc3-released/</a>

MrCopilotUnrelated post duet 1/2<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/legendary-sound-blaster-isa-sound-card-gets-a-driver-update-30-years-later-patch-squashes-first-bug-report-after-25-years" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/legendary-sound-blaster-isa-sound-card-gets-a-driver-update-30-years-later-patch-squashes-first-bug-report-after-25-years</a>

Gary HawkinsYou wouldn't get this kind of support on Windows, would you? <a href="https://mastodon.garyhawkins.uk/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.garyhawkins.uk/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-SoundBlaster-AWE32" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-SoundBlaster-AWE32</a>

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<a href="https://polymaths.social/@dendrobatus_azureus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dendrobatus_azureus</a>When I was a decade and a half younger, and my eyes were sharper, there was a point where displays hit approximately 300dpi (like my beloved iPhone 4) that the glass and display faded away, and looking at high quality photos really felt like being there. Now with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/oled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OLED</a> panels, this effect (I surmise) is even more pronounced, although I no longer get that feeling, probably because I require reading glasses for close-up viewing, which makes everything feel a little artificial.(I think I also just got used to it, whereas it was noticeable when the effect (no longer being able to see pixels between you and the subject of the image) was new).I think the biggest problem with video chats is the bandwidth still just isn't there. It might be better with FaceTime, but as I haven't used Apple products in nearly five years, I can't tell. In my experience, video chat is just a blotchy mess with only the appearance of the subject, not a faithful representation. I'm not a sound engineer, but I've dabbled in sound in the computer space for 35 years. My favorite thing to do with my Macintosh SE in 1990 was to download or copy (from friends) new sound files, like Captain Kirk saying "Scotty, beam me up!" (which he actually DID say, but only in the movies).My Macintosh SE with it's primarily CPU-driven sound system was capable of 8-bit audio at up to 22KHz samples. That was enough to give the impression of the sound, and tape-quality music, but not much more.Four years later, I got a 486 PC and saved up a few months to get a Creative Labs <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> AWE32, which I paid for with $300 of my own hard-earned cash. That was a crazy stupid expensive card, and a $100 card would've done everything I needed. XDThis new card had "CD Quality" sound, so 16-bit samples @ 44.1 (or was it 44.8) KHz. Since PCM audio is basically just recording the speaker position, that means that 44KHz recordings can reproduce up to 22KHz sounds, which is the upper range of a youngster, and beyond what someone my age can hear.But of course, at that frequency, the sine wave is literally only represented by two data points, so there should be a real loss of fidelity compared to something like 4400 Hz, for which there would be 10 data points with which to reconstruct the sound wave.And then add MP3 to really mess everything up. XD

L.A.A friendly reminder of what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CreativeLabs</a> did almost 20 years ago: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlannedObsolescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlannedObsolescence</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2008/03/creative-fixing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2008/03/creative-fixing/</a>

Rusty Invader... wenn ich über etwas Neues aus der Demoszene stolpere, ob das so in der Art noch wer feiert? Um den schönen Gedanken zu einem charismatischen Ende zu bringen, krame ich einen schönen Song zum Träumen raus ... herrlich chillig und direct wired: "Illumination" von Cube / DEE RELEASED 13 AUGUST 1995 2ND IN THE ASSEMBLY 1995 in der Kategorie 4 CHANNEL MUSIC COMPETITION <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4channel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4channel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundtracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundtracker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fasttracker2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fasttracker2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fasttracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fasttracker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotuneoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrotuneoftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> ... 3/4

Pyrzout :vm:Repairing Classic Sound Cards <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/RepairHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepairHacks</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/soundcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundcard</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ISAcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISAcard</a>

IT NewsRepairing Classic Sound Cards - Sound hardware has been built into PC motherboards for so long now it’s difficult ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/repairhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repairhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soundcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundcard</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/isacard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#isacard</a>

Ubuntu PeronistaChoose your IRQ! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundblaster</a>

Saustrup.. and suddenly I find myself back in the <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#90s</a> where we saw the future of home computing unfold before our eyes. The <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PC</a> - a bulky expensive machine for boring tunaheads running WordPerfect suddenly got graphics and sound that didn't suck. Young aspiring programmers (that would be coders for you young people) wrote code in assembler and made the PC do thing it was never meant to. Awesome things. Things that blew your mind. Some wrote trackers for composing sample based music, and suddenly everyone could compose music on their PC.The level of optimism and creativity was mind blowing, and I feel so incredibly lucky for having been a part of it. Sure, our demos were too horrible to be shown on the big screen, but we did submit at least one for <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/TheParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheParty</a> back in '92 or '94.I miss the 90s.This, by the way, is a sweet <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> 200MMX system with <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/PicoGUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PicoGUS</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/SoundBlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoundBlaster</a> Vibra16 and an <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/TsengLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TsengLabs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/ET6000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ET6000</a> graphics card (that's GPU for you young'uns).<a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a>

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