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LGR - The IBM Music Feature Card (Patreon)

Published:
2023-03-15 20:31:30
Imported:
2023-03

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https://youtu.be/lyIBfjsTZcQ

Greetings and welcome to my last week and a half! From the moment this beautiful piece of 1980s computery goodness arrived I've been knee deep in its musical features.

The IBM PC Music Feature has been on my most-want-to-review list for many years now. But I've been hoping to find one complete in box, and if you know anything about the rarity and value of the IMFC, well... that's a bit of a challenge. But thanks to a trusting LGR viewer sending me this one, the time has come!

It's one of the earliest PC sound cards, a lovely-sounding FM synth MIDI solution with a whole ton of unrealized potential, annnnnd one as shown in the video can sell for roughly $3,000 these days... Yeah. Wildly overpriced in my view. But it sure is fun with the few Sierra games and composition programs it actually works with! And the FB-01, well, that's a bit of a thing too.

My next video will be a review of the annual Sims 4 expansion pack, and that'll be set to go live while I'm outta town at the end of the month. I will be attending the Midwest Gaming Classic convention from March 31-April 2! If you're in the Milwaukee area that weekend and can make it by, do say hi. I'll just be wandering the place, no booth or anything. Never been to this show so I'm pretty stoked!

Have a good one, and thanks as always for your support.

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1987 IBM Music Feature Card: Is it really worth $3000?

The IBM PC Music Feature is one of the rarest, most collectible sound cards for DOS PCs. Sure, you can get a Yamaha FB-01 FM synthesizer that does practically the same thing, but the IMFC! It's a legend! Is it worth nearly $3,000 for one complete in box? Let's unbox and set this one up to find out. ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Check out the IMFCDISK demo here: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81106 ● All background music licensed from: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 The First Sound Card! Sort of 00:37 $3,000? Is it worth it? 01:12 Pre-IMFC sound devices 01:56 Music Feature vs AdLib 04:04 A sound card for composers 05:33 Unboxing the thing 07:51 FM synth sound chips, card features 09:11 Installing & setup in an IBM PC AT 10:13 In-store demo music 11:37 Yamaha Compose & Playrec software 13:38 The games! Sierra On-Line games 15:21 Yamaha FB-01 MIDI tone generator 16:45 Summary & Outroduction #LGR #retro #computer

Comments

Anonymous

This is extremely sexy. Yes.

Anonymous

Hey LGR, have you ever looked at the Creamware Pulsar series of audio cards? They have a capable modular synth and date back to 1998.

Anonymous
>>104347868

The 15 DSP PCI cards are fun and super cool looking. I'd be happy to lend one. I only mention it because of your synth setup video.

Chad Armstrong

It always brings a smile to my face to see old Sierra games being featured. When I pour through my old Sierra magazines, it was interesting to see how they were pioneering the early sound cards of the late 80s. While the Adlib and Roland were the more prominent, the next time I install a late 80s Sierra game, I'll need to look closer at the other options.