First post, by LunarG
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Been taking a closer look at my new baby, and I have to say that it looks to be in immaculate condition. The insides of the PSU looked brand new, and it's fitted with a noise killer, which should make it really nice and quiet. The system is really well designed, and just waiting to be put to use.
It does need a few little tidbits though. First and foremost, it needs a sound card, and preferably not something that will create a black hole in my purse.
I've been looking at a few options. SB Pro 2 would be brilliant, but they are starting to get super pricey. The Yamaha Audician 32 Plus would be an option, but I've also seen some cheapish ALS100 Plus based cards. And then there's the Terratec Promedia Base-1. Anyone have a good suggestion for a suitable sound card for a 386?
I'll also need to get hold of a suitable HD. I take it for granted that this system is limited to 528MB drives, and the smallest I own is 639, so I'll have to scour the interwebs to find something affordable.
Other than that? Perhaps a CD-ROM drive. It just makes it so much more convenient to copy files across.
Also... Any point what so ever putting a 387 in there? I mean, just for the sake of maxing it, I guess it would be cool, but am I likely to run into anything that actually needs, or can even benefit, from having one?
WinXP : PIII 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 73GB SCSI HDD, Matrox Parhelia, SB Audigy 2.
Win98se : K6-3+ 500MHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB HDD, Matrox Millennium G400 MAX, Voodoo 2, SW1000XG.
DOS6.22 : Intel DX4, 64MB RAM, 1.6GB HDD, Diamond Stealth64 DRAM, GUS 1MB, SB16.