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Reply 14140 of 55378, by gdjacobs

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Something like a POD 200MMX would give you a useful performance boost down the road, if required. Nothing wrong with it as is, though.

All hail the Great Capacitor Brand Finder

Reply 14141 of 55378, by Thraka

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PhilsComputerLab wrote:
Lots of goodies from the post office today :) […]
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Lots of goodies from the post office today 😀

- AMD 486 DX2 Enhanced with 16 KB Write Back
- 2x ESS Audio Drive Sound Cards
- An Intel Pentium 4 board. An early model, uses SDRAM. Some of the caps are blown. Got to test it and if the board works I will replace them

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Did anyone else see these photos and instantly go "Oh, Phil has something fun" ? 🤣. I was randomly scrolling and only saw the photos and not the post and recognized that hand.

Reply 14142 of 55378, by PhilsComputerLab

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Thraka wrote:

Did anyone else see these photos and instantly go "Oh, Phil has something fun" ? 🤣. I was randomly scrolling and only saw the photos and not the post and recognized that hand.

Haha, good idea, could become my "signature" 😀

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Reply 14143 of 55378, by yawetaG

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King_Corduroy wrote:

Just got this awesome computer for 10$! It's just a Pentium 90 socket 5 with 16mb of ram but I'm gonna strip it all out and replace it with a Socket 7 mobo and make it totally kickass. 😁

As it has a tape streamer, it probably is a server. I would also leave it as is (and use it as a server).

Reply 14144 of 55378, by rkrenicki

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I think that Phil is rubbing off on me.. I bought two SC-55STs and another MT-32 today.. My pile of MIDI hardware is getting bigger and bigger...

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Reply 14145 of 55378, by Batyra

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Just got the 2nd AWE64 4390... I'm thinking which one keep?

The only difference I found is noumber on chip - one is 733D and 744D on the second...
Is one of them better?

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Reply 14147 of 55378, by Batyra

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@luckybob - thanks.

So I'll try to "listen" maybe there will be some difference - if not - I'll keep one in better condition 😀

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Reply 14148 of 55378, by boxpressed

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This arrived today. Is this the elusive Pro Audio Spectrum Plus?

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Reply 14149 of 55378, by brostenen

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Batyra wrote:

Just got the 2nd AWE64 4390... I'm thinking which one keep?

The only difference I found is noumber on chip - one is 733D and 744D on the second...
Is one of them better?

Why sell one? One can't get enough AWE64 Gold's, you know. 😀
And if one dies, you have one as a spare-part.

Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....

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Reply 14150 of 55378, by Batyra

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brostenen wrote:

Why sell one? One can't get enough AWE64 Gold's, you know. And if one dies, you have one as a spare-part.

Better safe than sorry... I want to be prepared in case of unexpected exchange proposition 😎 to know which one is better to keep... For now both 4390 stays...

And if one dies... NO! No one is dying here 😉

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Reply 14151 of 55378, by Batyra

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boxpressed wrote:

This arrived today. Is this the elusive Pro Audio Spectrum Plus?

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Pro Audio Spectrum Plus numer is 650-0017... This one you have is 650-0014... It may be some revision of it? It's not Adio Spectrum 16 as far as I know.

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Reply 14152 of 55378, by brostenen

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Keep them.... 😀

Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....

My blog: http://to9xct.blogspot.dk
My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/brostenen

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Reply 14153 of 55378, by Carlos S. M.

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Got this PC for 5 €, not tested yet, it was sold for spares yet it had the HDD unplugged

Specs are:
Pentium III 800 EB
QDI Advance 9
192 MB SDR PC133
ATI Rage Pro
NEC USB 2.0 card
56k Modem
Soundblaster PCI128
WD 307AA 30.7 GB HDD
unknown OS

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Socket 423/478 Motherboards with Universal AGP Slot
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Reply 14155 of 55378, by Cloudschatze

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Batyra wrote:

Pro Audio Spectrum Plus numer is 650-0017... This one you have is 650-0014... It may be some revision of it? It's not Adio Spectrum 16 as far as I know.

PAS Plus (SCSI interface) = 650-0014
PAS Plus (Sony interface) = 650-0017

While elusive, I wouldn't think of any PAS Plus as being exceptionally desirable, given the backwards compatibility of the PAS16.

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Reply 14159 of 55378, by stamasd

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Cirrus Logic CLGD5428 VLB
ISA Oak Mozart sound card with OPL4
ATI 28800-5 ISA

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Need to find some memory chips to bring the CL to its full potential. I have all kinds of memory, but not 44256 chips. 🙁

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O