Serial Experiments LynnMar 16

Amiga people will make and sell a €399 sound card capable of 24-bit 192kHz audio, inexplicably called AmiGUS while having nothing to do with the Gravis Ultrasound / PicoGUS

Other Amiga people will buy it so they can listen to MP3s on their 35 year old computer

Show threadCharlie BaloghMar 16

@lynn Honestly, I think the AmiGUS is a great piece of enthusiast hardware, but yes, its capabilities will be woefully underutilized by most users, and also yes, as a fan of the real Gravis Ultrasound, I'm also not a big fan of the name... But I try to think of it as a homage to the original, and nothing else.

And hey, anyone can name their hardware whatever they want.

I still hope I will have time/brain capacity in this lifetime to make an OG GUS work in an Amiga... one day...

Show threadSerial Experiments Lynn
@chainq gimme a GUS and a decent bridgeboard and there's a 50% chance i can make this work in a few hours if i don't get distracted :D
Mar 16 at 1:26amWeb
Show threadCharlie BaloghMar 16

@lynn Oh, just making it work with the Bridge is easy. I made that happen years ago. Although most DOS music software badly needs a VGA card, won't play nice with the emulated CGA card of the CBM PC Bridges.

What I meant - getting it controlled directly from the Amiga side, by an Amiga-side player. It would be technically possible, but I highly doubt the kind of custom software that needs is only a few hours of work... 😉