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December 15th 03, 02:57 PM
George Adams wrote:
> Thanks VERY much to everyone who replied! I decided to go with a non-PnP
> AWE32 (CT2760) after finding *one* online store that was selling it (not
> even eBay had 'em!) If that doesn't work, I'll try a sure-enough SB16
> (looks like there's tons of models of 'em though - I'll take the advice to
> avoid any with the Vibra chipset).
Avoid the "value" models too. I was ripped off with my first PC & given a
"value" SB16 instead of the real thing.
> I found this site to be quite helpful in identifying different SB models:
> http://www.tarigon.de/tramp/sblist.html
>
> (daytripper, to answer your question: SB16's on eBay are around $10 on a
> good day - probably typically more like $2 - $5)
The AWE32 is a pretty good card. I've got one from (I think) 1995 here, and I
was surprised by the audio quality. Be forewarned that it is physically
massive, and you may have some difficulty fitting it in your computer's case.
There are two sockets at the end of the board: those are for 30pin SIMM ram
modules.
I wonder if removing the ISA slots from motherboards was partially to drive
new hardware purchases. There seems to be a flood of perfectly good
second-hand ISA devices still around.
> Thanks VERY much to everyone who replied! I decided to go with a non-PnP
> AWE32 (CT2760) after finding *one* online store that was selling it (not
> even eBay had 'em!) If that doesn't work, I'll try a sure-enough SB16
> (looks like there's tons of models of 'em though - I'll take the advice to
> avoid any with the Vibra chipset).
Avoid the "value" models too. I was ripped off with my first PC & given a
"value" SB16 instead of the real thing.
> I found this site to be quite helpful in identifying different SB models:
> http://www.tarigon.de/tramp/sblist.html
>
> (daytripper, to answer your question: SB16's on eBay are around $10 on a
> good day - probably typically more like $2 - $5)
The AWE32 is a pretty good card. I've got one from (I think) 1995 here, and I
was surprised by the audio quality. Be forewarned that it is physically
massive, and you may have some difficulty fitting it in your computer's case.
There are two sockets at the end of the board: those are for 30pin SIMM ram
modules.
I wonder if removing the ISA slots from motherboards was partially to drive
new hardware purchases. There seems to be a flood of perfectly good
second-hand ISA devices still around.