PCMCIA Sound Card

[psxphill]

Drivers probably.

Drivers and it A600/A1200 isn't 100% PCMCIA so there can be hardware incompatibilities too. It would be pretty cool though to have a relatively cheap 16 bit sound sampler and output.

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EDIT: On that note, the next Amiga Expansion kit needs to come equipped with a 32-bit PCMCIA expnsion slot.

PCMCIA was a card interface for ISA, which is what the Amiga has.
PCCARD was a card interface for PCI, which is what the 32 bit cards are (although they refer to 16 bit PCMCIA as PCCARD as well).
 
The latest interface is called ExpressCard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard
 
It is basically a card connector for USB and PCI Express.
 
I think most of the express cards I have used are USB based.
 
tbh USB is probably good enough for sound cards.

[psxphill]

If you already have a USB controller, sure. Not so much if you'd rather not spring for one just so you can use a USB sound card for which you paid still more money.

USB sound cards are effectively free.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-1-USB-USB-2-0-Portable-B5UT-Sound-Card-USB-Sound-Card-Notebook-Desktop-Adapter-/231105474683?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item35cef5b07b
 
I don't know whether there is a standard for USB sound cards, or whether you have to buy a particular one though.
 
I was suggesting USB over forking out for PCI or developing a PCI express solution. For PCMCIA it would make sense for someone to write a driver, but I expect everyone uses PCMCIA for networking these days.

[psxphill]

Indeed. Same for graphics cards.

It's no more silly than still using an Amiga at all.
 
There were add on graphics cards and sound cards even when commodore were still alive, so we have API's for them and old software will then work with the modern hardware.
 
It's not my thing sure, but I wouldn't judge anyone for doing it.

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If I had the AAA chipset, I would not want a gfx card.

AAA was going to be a dog. It had no AA compatibility because it pre-dated AA. The design was overly complex to work around problems that wouldn't exist when it would have been able to come out.
 
I'd settle for the mythical AA+. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_AA%2B_Chipset If it hadn't been for AAA then we'd likely have had all the AA+ features.