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

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

clipped....

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.

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" 😀

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).

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...

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?

@batrya

it is most likely just a date code of some sort. I doubt there is any significant difference.

@luckybob - thanks.

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

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

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.

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 😉

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.

Keep them.... 😀

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

Lucky you!
This is a Socket 370 with 2 ISA slots.
This machine can do magic in the right hands.

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.

Thanks, Cloudschatze. I'll try the PAS 16 drivers to see if they work.

DriverGuide has the PAS Plus drivers, if you'd rather use those.

Even better, thanks!

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

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