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Subject: Re: RAT release for FreeBSD 
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Hi Doc,

I will try to install OSS either tonite or tomorrow and will try to determine
what is the problem.

	Regards,
	Amancio

>From The Desk Of Thomas Pfenning :
> I installed OSS on a 2.2.1 release and the machine freezes within
> seconds using both a SB16 and a GUS PnP when I start vat.
> Has anyone managed to make this work yet?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 	Thomas
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Denis DeLaRoca [SMTP:CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, April 09, 1997 9:39 PM
> > To:	Amancio Hasty
> > Cc:	multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject:	Re: RAT release for FreeBSD
> > 
> > The WWW6 Conference this week in Santa Clara has been MBONE
> > transmitting
> > on occassion with redundancy. I contacted again the RAT development
> > people to ask them about the promised FreeBSD version. They
> > acknowledged
> > that it is in its infancy and using OSS for sound support... aim to
> > have
> > almost identical versions for Linux and FreeBSD.
> > 
> > With RAT being locked into OSS, do we have to migrate the other audio
> > tools such as VAT to OSS as well? For the time being RAT is only re-
> > leased in binary form so there won't be much chance of rewriting its
> > sound driver interface.
> > 
> > Is OSS the best sound driver option for FreeBSD now?
> > 
> > -- Denis
> >