Re: O.T. Computers

["Jonathan El-Bizri" <ssrndpty@hotmail.com>]

I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's not a 'feature' that can last
very long since it's ridiculous, and it can already be disabled, with help
from some of those 'online support groups'

bIz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: O.T. Computers


> No offense taken.  I have Macs and PCs and drive a Golf.  I'm not saying
Apple
> is without sin, but when I hear that every time you add hardware to your
PC
> you've got to get a new serial number to run Windows XP, I cringe.  
>That's
> pretty damn evil.  I like this debate, but it's a lot like religion.
>
> CarlJacobson@cakewalk.com wrote:
>
> > Hey I drive a Saturn and use a PC?  What does that mean?
> >
> > Mark I meant no disrespect by my last message. That whole "evil empire"
> > thing just gets under my skin sometimes...maybe I've read one to many
Ayn
> > Rand books...
> >
>
> and for this question...
>
> > If I had a peice of gear that would only run on OS 9, and would never
have
> > it's drivers upgraded ever, what would you recomend to house the beast?
What
> > would be the cheapest option? What would I get from a more expensive
unit,
> > considering that I will never be able to upgrade it? What kind of
software
> > will 'never go away'?
> >
> > The gear in question is a Korg Oasys card. Probably the best
price/features
> > deal ever - more powerful than a Digi farm card, latency down to 1.5 
>ms,
> > ASIO, ADAT I/O, comes with more than half the Triton sample sound set,
does
> > Z1 style synthesis, awesome AD/DA, but no support, no drivers, ever.
> >
>
> Well, here's the deal.  I've got an Aurora Fuse video capture card.  Was
the
> best I could afford at the time.  Aurora has stated that they will NEVER
write
> an OSX driver for it.  They will give me their Igniter card... if I give
up
> another $500.  Frankly, at that point, I'd sooner get a DV camera and to
DV,
> since I'm using Final Cut Pro anyway, and have the Igniter RT card at
work.
>
> So.... When I need to capture analog video, or record in DP3, I reboot
into OS
> 9.  It's a pretty good OS, all in all.  Sure, OSX is better, but it's
still
> very new.  I'm impressed at how little I've got to launch the "Classic
> environment" these days.  If you really need a Mac box, I'd look for a
used
> high end G3 or low end G4 and just stick to OS 9.2
>
> Mark
>
>