Greetings: Many thanks to all who responded to my orginal query. I just purchased a brand new Delta 66 on eBay, for a very good price, with cables and breakout box included. I'm looking forward to finally having some more professional recording capability here. I'm still undecided about the mobo. Is it possible for me to continue using an 800 MHz machine for recording ? I have 512 MB RAM, which seem like it should be plenty, and I have a fair amount of free drive space. Money's tight, so I'll stave off buying the mobo if my current system will do for small-scale multitracking. Any & all advice will of course be galactically appreciated ! Best, dp