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Startrack audio card: ROPOCOP and ROBOCLOCK extensions

Ropocop

Ropocop was an expansion that could be placed in an ISA bus slot of the Hades060.
It enabled the connection of up to 3 ROMPORT modules at the same time.
Which of these was activated could be set with a small software utility
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You could then connect software-dongles or additional extensions at the same time.

Many professional audio software was protected with these modules, so that you were often forced to change these modules if you wanted to start other audio software.
Due to the switching via software, this was no longer necessary. A simple click was enough to switch between the modules.

The ROPOCOP prototype

 

The front of the ROMPORT board

 

The back of the ROMPORT board

 

 

Roboclock

RoboClock was a module which is connected to the DSP port. It is a frequency synthesizer who could generate any frequencies in a defined frequency range. This made it possible to sample with sample rates at any speed, in a range of ​​8kHz up to 96kHz.

This module remained a prototype, but was fully functional and was also supported by the Startrack software.

RoboClock samplerates module

 

 

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