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Re: O.T. Computers

That's the reason why his are so rare and sound better. I still have an AMD
486 dx2 80Mhz that I use for midi sequences with a very old Cakewalk 
version
and Win3.11. 8Mb of ram and it sounds great.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cummings" <billcumm@sprynet.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: O.T. Computers


> hahahaha, they didn't make 486's till 92/93
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan El-Bizri" <ssrndpty@hotmail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: O.T. Computers
>
>
> >
> > Well, if it's tone your looking for, you are probably best using an
> > underclocked 486 (from '86- to '89), with no more than 4 megs of ram.
You
> > can't buy them any more, but there are two in my garage that I'm 
>willing
> to
> > part with for an exorbitant amount of money.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: O.T. Computers
> >
> >
> > > Also, the G4 RISK processor sounds a lot warmer than Intel chips, in
my
> > > opinion.  I think it has something to do with the way that Floating
> Point
> > Unit
> > > floats.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Luigi Meloni wrote:
> > >
> > > > That is the reason why i still use Win98se. I've got WinMe on my
> > notebook
> > > > and I think it sucks. The only good thing in it is the fact it can
use
> > WDM
> > > > drivers, which in cakewalk products allow a very little latency.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
> > > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:58 AM
> > > > 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
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>