Topic: My old school ZA2 Rig

[hoobash]

I just scored a za2 for $15 shipped. For that price I had to get it. I had most of the parts needed to put together a old school rig. I have a bunch of dats I need to transfer and would rather not use my main machine. Here what I ended up with. I have done some transfers and it seems to work great

Pentium III 600e
Asus Slot 1 Bx Chipest Mobo
224 Megs Ram
Voodoo 3 16 meg Agp Video
ZA2 Soundcard
24x10x40 Lite-on burner
Promise 100 ide card
60 Gig WD 7200Rpm Hard Drive
15 Gig Ibm Deathstar Hard Drive(Audio Only with Part for audio)
Network Card
Win2000
Soundforge 7.0

Most of the stuff was cheap as hell or free. I found the case+mobo in the garbage. You dont need alot $$$ to put together a old school rig

[C.Clark]

nice work hoobash, +T, glad to see that outdated technology can be put into a
nice barebones system for next to nothing

[hoobash]

If your looking for a cheap daw this is the way to go

[neumannkid]

Hell Im still using my transfer machine from 98
PII 350
256mb RAM
4 HDs=80gig
ZA2
Win 98 2nd edition


The burner is not as old as the system, Ive gone through quite a few since building it
SCSI Plexwriter 12x

Ive figured why fix something that never broke.

Recently my friend gave me another box with a PIII 650
Just havent gotten around to putting together another transfer system.

[hoobash]

Thats pretty nice old school but I would use the 650 uprade to a faster burner and install win200 on the new machine

Hell Im still using my transfer machine from 98
PII 350
256mb RAM
4 HDs=80gig
ZA2
Win 98 2nd edition


The burner is not as old as the system, Ive gone through quite a few since building it
SCSI Plexwriter 12x

Ive figured why fix something that never broke.

Recently my friend gave me another box with a PIII 650
Just havent gotten around to putting together another transfer system.

[neumannkid]

Thats pretty nice old school but I would use the 650 uprade to a faster burner and install win200 on the new machine

Hell Im still using my transfer machine from 98
PII 350
256mb RAM
4 HDs=80gig
ZA2
Win 98 2nd edition


The burner is not as old as the system, Ive gone through quite a few since building it
SCSI Plexwriter 12x

Ive figured why fix something that never broke.

Recently my friend gave me another box with a PIII 650
Just havent gotten around to putting together another transfer system.

Actually I have another ZA2 and plenty of other leftover parts , so I plan to build a newer old school system with the upgrades you mentioned.
+T for the old school, hey if it isnt broke dont fix it

[ScottT]

I have a 98SE, 233mHz, 256MB RAM, ZA2 setup at home for transfers.  I figured that if I paid $350 for the soundcard (many years ago) that I should get all the use out of it that I can!

[BC]

Does the ZA2 work under win2K?

For some reason I thought it only worked with win 98, but maybe they have updated the drivers.

Take care,
Ben

[hoobash]

Someone updated the win98 driver to work in win2000. It works fine. The za2 is a little tricky to set up but once you get it going its one hell of a card. I paid $400 for one in 97 which I sold a couple of years later

Does the ZA2 work under win2K?

For some reason I thought it only worked with win 98, but maybe they have updated the drivers.

Take care,
Ben

[neumannkid]

Someone updated the win98 driver to work in win2000. It works fine. The za2 is a little tricky to set up but once you get it going its one hell of a card. I paid $400 for one in 97 which I sold a couple of years later

Does the ZA2 work under win2K?

For some reason I thought it only worked with win 98, but maybe they have updated the drivers.

Take care,
Ben

I payed 250 in 98 for mine and it keeps on ticking, I did have to re-solder the input once but thats it. The other one I have, paid around 100 in 99 and used it in a friends comp for a little while.

I agree Hoobash it can be a little tricky at first but once you have it going its rock solid.