[plug] Sound or Network Card

[Jon L. Miller]

Bill,
Memory has hit the roof, from what one source told me the reason is a
group of folks in the states has decided that the prices were too low and
decided to pull supplies and create a shortage thereby driving the prices
up again.  However, another source told me the rise is due to a new chip
called a ram bus and because this is going to be expensive they want to
get everyone used to the high price tag.  Either way it sucks.



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On 9/22/99, at 10:12 PM, Bill Cullen  wrote: 

>Hi,
>
>Just went out and bought a new MB (ASUS P3B-F) to run Linux
>and Solaris (I've been needing a new one for a while and wanted
>to get in before the price rises after the earthquake in Taiwan.
>I discovered when I got home that this card only has 1 ISA slot
>(hmm, maybe I should have bought another ABIT instead).
>
>I have a couple of ISA cards in the PC it's replacing (running
>Slackware 1.0.9 from Oct 1994). So I need to decide if I go
>out and buy a new network card or sound card. My preference
>is for a new sound card (the soon to be turfed PC currently has
>a Kingston NE2000 comp. combo card and a Pro Audio Spectrum
>sound card with SCSI adaptor).
>
>Anyone have any recommendations on sound cards, I know RTV are
>offering:
>
>Creative Sound Blaster Vibra 128 PCI - $65**SPECIAL**
>Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 PCI - $65 
>Creative Sound Blaster LIVE! Retail Kit - $410
>Creative Sound Blaster LIVE! Value OEM - $140
>
>and $65 sounds about as high as I want to go at this stage. Anyone
>have any comments on the above cards?
>
>I still have to buy a new processor - I was thinking of waiting for
>the PIII 600's that have been rebadged as 450's to hit our shores
>but I need to install Solaris this weekend.
>
>BTW: what happened to memory prices? I was going to buy 64MB but
>now I think I'll move 32MB from another PC and wait a couple of
>months for prices to come down again.
>
>Bill
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>  Bill Cullen, ENFP, billc at wantree.com.au, Perth, Western Australia
>               Life's too important to take seriously.
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Jon L. Miller, MCNE ASE
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