Can anybody help me out? Is there any place out there that might have the Yamaha OPL3-SA soundcard? I made a topic earlier discussing our old computer, the HP Pavilion 7285 200mhz desktop PC. Right now it has a Sound Blaster PCI, but I'd like to find a Yamaha OPL3-SA sound card, as that was the original card for the system. Can anybody do a search? I tried and I'm having a problem. It certainly isn't showing up on eBay for one thing, as for now. There's got to be a way to find that sound card again.Hi again, Darth. Finding rarities on eBay frequently requires a weekly search. EVERYTHING turns up there eventually.

I would prefer a genuine soundlaster in an old MACHINE persosnally for greatest compatibility. What attraction does the Yamaha have other than historical accuracy? :-?Well, for one thing, I liked its wavetable midi sound better than that of the Sound Blaster PCI. As a matter of fact, I saw this 16 bit Yamaha sound card on eBay. GX1_Man, could this be the OPL3_SA? I got no reply from the seller as of yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-16-Bit-ISA-Sound-Card_W0QQitemZ5216203504QQcategoryZ3701QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemThis could be it. It would be best to have the seller e-mail you any WRITING on the card - FCC ID#, model # if listed, chip markings, etc. Then we could find out for sure what it is. There are MANY variations. If you can get the drivers it would be equivalent, I'm sure.I found another variation of the Yamaha sound card I'm looking for. The seller said he pulled it from his GRANDMOTHER's PC, and the card was working. Can you verify that this is the OPL3-SA? Look for these words:
Yamaha OPL YMF701-S Chip.

Here's the link to the auction page:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-OPL-16bit-ISA-Soundcard-IDE-card-MIDI-Game-Port_W0QQitemZ6850942292QQcategoryZ3701QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemI'msure that is not the exact card as HP didn't tuse Addonics cards as far as I know. It may work and drivers are available and it is an ISA card and it does have a Yamaha chip.

The fact that it has CD connectors further makes it suspect that it is EXACTLY what you are looking for. These were present on the EARLIEST versions of CD drives, beforoe the ATAPI standard was set. the sound card actually interfaced with the CD rather than the IDE outs on the motherboard. The price seems reasonable and I don't see it going much, if any, beyond that.The Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound card also had an MPU-401 driver along with it. Do you know where I might find that? I need to be sure if I do find the driver, that I can get that MPU-401 midi wavetable to work.The correct driver for the correct card will have that feature.