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."

how slashdot has fallen

[Anonymous Coward]

hey everyone, i'm looking for a copy of haunted house for the atari 2600 for my collection. can anyone help me?

WTF has gone so wrong around here? political articles with no technological connection are accepted, want ads are accepted. How soon until slashdot accepts articles about "i'm having a problem in my freshman java class, here's the code, can anyone help?" are the norm?

Contact the maker?

[peterprior]

Contact the people that made it ?

I'm sure they'll have some old stock sitting in a warehouse somewhere or know where you can get one, especially if you point out thats the only card missing from your collection.

Re:how slashdot has fallen

[Yvan256]

hey everyone, i'm looking for a copy of haunted house for the atari 2600 for my collection. can anyone help me?

Here you go smart ass:
http://search.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs &sbrftog=1&fcl=3&catref=C2&fnu=1&from=R10&fcd=2&sa scs=0&satitle=haunted+house+atari&sacat=1249%26cat ref%3DC6&bs=Search&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200& fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=& fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coe ntrypage=search [search.ebay.ca]

This isn't a normal "I want that item" question that can be answered in 10 seconds. It's a "I've been searching for over 15 years with no success, can someone please help me if you have any information" question. It's also technology-related, and computers-related. It's also about the history of sound technology in PCs. You can't get more nerd than that.

If the previous "ask slashdot" about that videocard was lame, it's not my fault. It's because the guy in question can't even use eBay.

Re:how slashdot has fallen

[Dogtanian]

Slashdot's trying to compete with digg. All the 12yr olds are flocking over there.

That's precisely *why* I stopped using Digg. It was hyped up to be user-voted, democratic, better-than-Slashdot. Well, maybe it was when it started out (though I suspect it was partly getting hyped due to being a Web 2.0 poster child). However, it was already mediocre when I first started using it in early '06, and it seemed to go downhill from there.

See this article [kuro5hin.org], which does a good job of examining what's wrong with Digg. I have to say it articulated the reasons I stopped using Digg and a lot more besides.

Maybe Slashdot's owners want the advertising revenue etc. that Digg are getting.... well, that's their business. From a personal point of view, I'm quite happy for "all the 12yr olds" to stick with Digg.

Another idea

[j-turkey]

I know that you've said that you have looked at the back of old computers to see if you can find one of these, but I had another idea. What system vendors sold their new computers with those cards installed? If you can find a bunch of those systems kicking around, I'd bet that you'll eventually find one of the cards that you're looking for.

...just an idea