Snark Barker: A 100% compatible replica of the famed SB 1.0 soundcard
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I had absolutely no idea that the original SoundBlaster had embedded firmware running on an 8051. It never occurred to me that our PCs were loosely-coupled piles of microcomputers all the way back then. (Now I'm off to go learn what that firmware was doing...) Some background I dug up quickly: Snark Barker creator's blog: http://tubetime.us/index.php/2019/01/19/sound-blaster-1-0-pr... http://www.os2museum.com/wp/sound-blaster-the-french-connect...
The "MADE IN ANGER" on the silkscreen cracks me up every time I see it. The juxtaposition of a silly message w/ my experience that only "SERIOUS TEXT" goes on PCB silkscreens makes for total hilarity to me.
I wonder how much time went into making it from start to finish. Anyone have a sense of that?
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-19 | Snark Barker, a replica of the original Sound Blaster 1.0 card | tricky | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-01-19 | Snark Barker: replica of the original Sound Blaster 1.0 card | ingve | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-01-26 | Snark Barker: A 100% compatible replica of the famed SB 1.0 soundcardFirst breakout · Best thread | segfaultbuserr | 312 | 110 |
| 2020-11-08 | The Snood Bloober is an open-source reverse-engineered Sound Blaster 1.0 clone | edward | 203 | 63 |
| 2022-05-15 | The Snark Barker: a 100% compatible replica of the famed SoundBlaster 1.0Latest 20+ point return | _Microft | 25 | 3 |