Bob, it is a real product. I've ordered one from my AOpen Center in
Dallas. The wholesale cost is around $220.00 which is about $100 higher
than the normal wholesale for a P4 board with similar specs. I ordered
it on a lark, as a novelty. When I get it up and running (I don't have
any spare P4 chips right now), I'll test it out and post some pic's.
James
Bob Lafleur wrote:
>I just can't believe that this is real, even though all the information
>is integrated into the Aopen website like it is a real product.
>
>First off, motherboards don't have built-in amplifiers beyond the normal
>line-level output. Is that what this tube does, amplifies to line-level?
>If one wanted tube aplificiation from a regular PC, they could simply
>hook a tube amp up to the line-level outputs of a regular motherboard.
>And what about the 5.1 audio? One tube isn't going to handle all those
>channels, right? If one was going to go to the lengths of having a tube
>amp, wouldn't they want it for all channels?
>
>There's a product UPC code listed. Has anyone tried to order one of
>these?
>
> - Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
>On Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
>Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:15 AM
>To: 'cctalk_at_classiccmp.org'
>Subject: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube
>
>
>Sufficiently retro to be interesting.
>
>Take a look at http://www.aopen.com/products/mb/Pax4b-533tube1.htm. The
>tube is used in an onboard audio preamp.
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Received on Sat Sep 07 2002 - 09:33:05 BST