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- From: lidz@quads.uchicago.edu (adam lidz)
- Subject: Re: Game Machine
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.194340.11691@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Keywords: hardware
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:43:40 GMT
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- In article <BtnGq7.2Lw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ftw33616@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (.) writes:
- >How much are Roland cards these days? How much is the cheapest 'roland' PC
- >card? There aren't any compatibles, I take it...
- >
- >
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-
- Well, I have a Roland Scc-1, it cost me $400 (Only a little while ago was it
- bought, so I don't think the price has changed)
- It's one of Roland's best low-end Sound Cards (I don't know if thery even make
- high end ones), I saw a Price for the LAPC-1 for $400, which is a bit high. It
- should be about $300. The MT-32, which is what you probably want if you want
- it for games (The Scc-1 doesn't get System Exclusive messages), is probably close
- to $400 as well. If you're even thinking of doing any composing, get the
- Scc-1. It is great for music. It has 317 Sounds, 9 drum sets. As opposed to
- the MT-32's 128 and 1 drum set. It can emulate the MT-32, except for the
- Syystem Exclusives (Lots of games sound bad due to this.)
- However, I expect that the Scc-1 will be getting quite a bit of support
- game-wise soon. I know Spectrum Holobyte is starting to support it since
- Tetris Classic uses it.
- (It's a new sound card)
- The final, and probably most important advantage to the Scc-1 is that it is
- General MIDI compatible. This means that it can be used in Windows, etf.
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