IBM Easy Options AC 525 - What Is This Sound Card?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2024

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  • @RonsCompVids
    @RonsCompVids ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I worked for MicroAge, we sold many of those cards to schools that were looking to add audio to their early IBM EduQuest machines (models that didn't have a stock sound card option).

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! IBM's branding mission worked a treat then hah.

  • @lonewolfniko3525
    @lonewolfniko3525 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Video Rik! The old new stock has always very unique filling and feeling!!! I love it! 🙂

  • @PixelPipes
    @PixelPipes ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work man! I can see all the effort you put into this, and the way you evolved your style really works in this video. Really cool to see new-old-stock retro hardware! Although I'm not sure it's any "easier" than any other sound card of the era.

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, much appreciated! I'll see if I stick with this sort of format or not, but at least in the case of "discovering" a piece of hardware this works for me!
      And come on... it has Easy printed right on the box!

  • @GarthBeagle
    @GarthBeagle ปีที่แล้ว

    Those DOS Westwood games have such iconic graphics and sound.

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah I just love Westwood from that era. Production quality even back then was through the roof. It's basically a treat every time!

  • @stevec00ps
    @stevec00ps ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice find and nice video! You will notice a little difference as it's OPL2 vs OPL3. I think the OPL3 is stereo capable, but the game needs to be able to take advantage of the OPL3 features, otherwise it'll be OPL2 compatible and will sound the same.

  • @UncleAwesomeRetro
    @UncleAwesomeRetro ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video :) Retro fun is not only about the high end or rare things, but the simpler things as well.

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Yeah I love rare stuff as much as everyone else... but it sure isn't what I used back then. It's a lot of fun just trying out and using the average options too.

  • @ted-b
    @ted-b ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one Rik. Thunderboard! Worth having, just for the name!

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep! Never gets old haha. Unique name for an average sounding card. Which is perfectly fine!

  • @bradsmith8977
    @bradsmith8977 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard a big difference in the two sound cards for Descent music!!!

  • @SUCRA
    @SUCRA ปีที่แล้ว

    So good opening up new goodies. I don't think a single piece of new tech would get me as excited as a new old stock item like this one. Great music on Nova9, too bad it has no sound effects. On Descent the musis sounds exactly the same, on tyrian for some reason the thunderboard sounds a bit muffled, but still pretty good on both. I can't hear any difference with noise suppressed or not. Great video!

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching! It's always a bit fun to explore stuff you don't know quite how it's going to be. This card is actually pretty darn nice for DOS gaming.

  • @FOIL_FRESH
    @FOIL_FRESH ปีที่แล้ว

    sound card rik is my favourite type of rik :D

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, more sound card content inbound then. It is the Easy Option after all.

  • @阿綸的全勳學院
    @阿綸的全勳學院 ปีที่แล้ว

    RiK.Happy New Year 2023.and good luck you
    New Toys?this is sound card i never see beforce

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks and Happy New Year 2023! I've had this card for a while, just haven't gotten to opening and using it!

  • @thedopplereffect00
    @thedopplereffect00 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thunderboard is definitely filtering more of the higher frequency out

    • @RiksRandomRetro
      @RiksRandomRetro  ปีที่แล้ว

      Aye it definitely seems to have a bit more of a muffled sound! Now... I'm not exactly a sound engineer so take results with a grain of salt! That is to say my capture method, cables and volume tweaking isn't exactly on a pro level!

    • @thedopplereffect00
      @thedopplereffect00 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RiksRandomRetro with any decent modern sound card you could do a 96Khz recording and then plot the histogram. You might find interesting spikes at certain frequencies. One thing to check is to make sure you mute any unused inputs in the software. I think some cards will automatically output them, adding to the noise floor.

  • @schnitzelsamy
    @schnitzelsamy ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay

  • @3dfxvoodoocards6
    @3dfxvoodoocards6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting