Re: OT: gadget Labs

[L.Angulo@t-online.de (Luis Angulo)]

hello LeeohkinoWired,
Thanks for your e-mail however i have problems understanding the following
abrebiations:
OS
OSR
NICīs
RAS
NT
HDD
have you checked out the Guillemot ISIS?
I am debating which one to get
Thanks!
Adios amigo
Luis








> Hola, Luis,
>
>     Mucho gusto!  They have some pretty happening equipment, especially 
>if
> you're big into the Windows environment and like me, like to run multiple
OS'
> or variations of an OS.  Found that NT4.0 was the best bet vs. '98,
haven't
> tried it out on 2000.  With the Gadget Labs equipment, you do have to
watch
> out if you plan on going from the computer to an ADAT or series of ADAT's
as
> each ADAT is gonna chew up 8 of your output tracks.  (The MOTU doesn't
treat
> the ADAT as another interface, thankfully, however, the software portion
> isn't quite as happening.)
>
>     I, also don't own one, as I went with MOTU (8 track beastie) and in
some
> cases I've slightly regretted the decision as I'm locked to using Windows
98,
> only.  Now, the one thing I've heard constantly is that they've been
having
> problems with the hardware aspect of their card, mostly not fitting into
the
> PCI slot or the distance between PCI slot and the back plate not being 
>the
> proper length (this is frequently a very minor issue involving just a
small
> bit of bending of the back plate of a card).
>     Also been hearing issues that are definitely Windows 98 related (need
to
> totally blow away the box if an attempt with the initial release of
Windows
> 98 was used, otherwise the card won't EVER install).  Also the OSR
releases
> of an OS seemed to take care of the issues concerning system lockups with
> Windows 98, too.
>     Service Pack 5 for whatever reason (should really only affect a
system's
> NIC's, and RAS, but you know...) seems to have fixed one of the issues
with
> NT, concerning the card disappearing from time to time and if you were
really
> hitting it with too much information at one go (i.e., burying the signal
> levels in the maximums) then you got a pleasant bsod.  Which was fixed by
> rebooting and cleaning out *.tmp and *.dmp files pretty quickly and then
> shutting down, and then powering up, again.
>
>     One thing that helps out with all of these products is to keep
everything
> SCSI, keep multiple HDD's (one of which should be the recording media, 
>and
> the second should be editing media, outside of any drives for OS and
> applications).  Also keep the drives spotlessly clean (lots of defrags 
>and
> chkdsk's or scandisks) and all of the same type/manufacturer, is a majour
> help.
>
>     Anywho hope this helps out a touch, 'tis time to go to work...
>
>     Tap on, loop extended, gliss out,
>
>
>         LeeohkinoWired.
>