hi Kris,
You may be able to 'upgrade' your old Atari version of Steinburg Cubase to the latest current PC version at a reduced upgrade price.
http://www.steinberg.net The Atari computers were great for midi music because they supported excellent timing and built in midi ports as well. Cubase is no longer supported on the Atari platform and Atari has unfortunately long ago stopped manufactering computers
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My very first computer (used for midi music, over years ago) was an Atari 1040. I ran the German software midi sequencing program "Notator SL" on it. Notator has since been replaced by Logic Audio (which I use) on both PC and Mac platforms:
http://www.emagic.de I love Logic Audio (my personal favorite) for its power, flexibility and custom-ability. Another excellent & popular midi and digital audio sequencer on the PC platform is Cakewalk Sonar:
http://www.cakewalk.com/ All of these midi/digital audio sequencers should run on your Dell Computer nicely.
- Scott
http://scottyee.com