Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard?

Yvan256 asks: "I've been looking for over 15 years for the Innovation SSI 2001 soundcard. It's a very old and extremely rare ISA card, based on the SID 6581 chip of the Commodore 64. Yes, I am aware of the HardSID (I've got one), but it's not hardware compatible with the SSI 2001 (different method of accessing the SID registers). The SSI 2001 is about the only card missing from my soundcards collection. I am aware of the IBM Music Feature, I have one. It's just not on the webpage yet. Please note, this collection is about the different technologies that came out at the beginning of the soundcards era, not the thousands of SoundBlaster clones that were available (including the Pro Audio Spectrum series). So, if anyone has an Innovation SSI 2001, or know where I could get one, please tell me."

You've heard of maybe...

[Bin_jammin]

the MIT flea market? I don't know if you're in the northeast, but it's a geek flea market held the third sunday of every month between april and october. I've seen some really strange and archaic hardware there. Google Flea at MIT and it'll give you all the info you need. If you're not in the area, perhaps you can find someone who is, to shop for you, or find a similar thing in your own area. Keep in mind this is a flea market, NOT a computer show. I believe the strangest thing I saw was a 4k 3 foot long memory board from a 1977 Cray, new in box.

Re:What?

[Yvan256]

Of course there's none on the market, it came out around 1989! Of course I know that most people who own one won't sell theirs. However, if most Slashdot users are like me, they have a pile of unused hardware in a box somewhere. Maybe one of them have one, that's why I'm asking. I did say I've been looking for that card for over 15 years, you know.

Ebay Want it Now

[PerfectSmurf]

Have you posted on the Ebay Want it Now boards? They don't get a lot of action, but you never know when the right person might look, see you post, and say "I have one of those."

Re:Contact the maker?

[Yvan256]

Finally, someone who understands my problem instead of comparing me to that other guy who can't use eBay to find 100's of videocards that fit his needs. And that's exactly why I'm asking Slashdot users, because they're the type of people who are the most likely to find such an item as the SSI 2001.

Searching "Innovation Computer Corporation" in Google only gives 5 websites, one of them being my own, and the other two that mention the SSI 2001 got their informations from my website.

Subject: Object

[_Hiro_]

I doubt they have one in-house, but I can give you a slight lead....

There is a scrap yard / used appliances / refurbished computer company in Southern Ohio called ReUse [reuseindustries.org]. They occasionally will get in odd bits and pieces from the surrounding universities and public schools. If you ask really, really nicely, I bet they would keep an eye out for you. (One of the last loads they got in that I got to help unload had a stack of HP LaserJet printers. Just "LaserJet". No bloody II, III, 4, or 5. Plus a few dumb terminals of early 1990's vintage, 30-pin RAM new in box, etc.)

Re:What a sec. Did you just say....

[Archades54]

and with a defeatist attitude like that you only reinforce the silly stereotypes.
there are many women that will date nerds/geeks, however nerds/geeks usually have a more shy nature about them and not enough courage at the time to go talk to a fine, beautiful woman. if they did try and had some self confidence in there speech, dressed well, they'd be able to get some fine ladies.

Re:Good luck my friend

[DrSkwid]

there's more than one sort of binary encoding, hence the "binaries" part. Another is binary coded decimal

you are person number 1000 (5) to point this out

the others were

0001
0011
0100
0101
and you
1000

I was taught this encoding and school back in the 80s, I can't find it on the net anywhere to name it.