82-T/A Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Don't hate me. I've had it for a long time... https://www.ebay.com/itm/273440905235 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Damn... that went quick. Someone bought it with the buy it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Damn... that went quick. Someone bought it with the buy it now... At almost twice the price of the true auction that ended recently. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Interesting..I've got both my MT-32 and MT-200 setup for actual use on my current PC. But in my full size tower sits an LAPC-I and in a box elsewhere sits my SCB-55 I bought for my SB-16 that hasn't been used in I couldn't tell you how long now. Maybe I need to round that bad boy up...hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Boxed LAPC-I is serious money. Boxed SC-55 is probably $150 or so. The internal cards and daughterboards go for a premium over the external units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Interesting..I've got both my MT-32 and MT-200 setup for actual use on my current PC. But in my full size tower sits an LAPC-I and in a box elsewhere sits my SCB-55 I bought for my SB-16 that hasn't been used in I couldn't tell you how long now. Maybe I need to round that bad boy up...hmm... The "holy grail" for playing vintage computer games is the Roland SCC-1. There's one on eBay right now selling for ~$730. It's not mind, and I have no intention of ever selling it, but yeah... I just realized I had no need for the Roland Sound Canvas that I had. And... one thing I found frustrating about the daughter boards is that they are not natively General MIDI compatible. Like, for example... Wing Commander, Ultima 6, and the old Sierra Games simply cannot use the Roland card in native DOS mode.. (you have to window them through Windows and have the MPU401.DRV installed). But it will still work for the newer DOS games like... Wing Commander 3, or... Ultima 7, or games like DOOM and some such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 The "holy grail" for playing vintage computer games is the Roland SCC-1. There's one on eBay right now selling for ~$730. It's not mind, and I have no intention of ever selling it, but yeah... I just realized I had no need for the Roland Sound Canvas that I had. And... one thing I found frustrating about the daughter boards is that they are not natively General MIDI compatible. Like, for example... Wing Commander, Ultima 6, and the old Sierra Games simply cannot use the Roland card in native DOS mode.. (you have to window them through Windows and have the MPU401.DRV installed). But it will still work for the newer DOS games like... Wing Commander 3, or... Ultima 7, or games like DOOM and some such. That is because those older Sierra games and the like required two things.. an actual MT-32 (I actually had a patch I could load up onto my SCB-55 to make it more MT-32 like back then), and an intelligent MPU controller. But yes, the SCB-55 actually worked great in DOS but only for games that supported general midi. I used to have hanging note issues with it though. Same with my LAPC-I when I last used it as well about 3 or 4 years ago now. My LAPC-I is not boxed complete. I actually picked it up in a nondescript cardboard box that if fit in from a thrift store in the early 2000s for $10. No software or manuals. But luckily I was able to figure it out easy enough. I would not consider the SCC-1 to be the best card for the vintage games either. It has the same MT-32 emulation that an SC-55 module has. In other words..it is okay for game that make use of the stock instrument banks of the MT-32. But very poor for sierra games and others that loaded up custom sysex commands and patches to the mt-32. That is why I own both an MT-32 and MT-200 (SC-55 module with built in sequencing and recording ability using floppy disks) for all my DOS gaming wants. At least through DOSbox with a USB to Midi adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 One thing I have to say is that roland stuff sure is expensive, but at least it is expensive high quality stuff... unlike say a memorex vis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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