Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 22:40:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Create Extigy Message-ID: <20030419223545.F60765@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <200304191606.39781.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <200304191454.h3JEs8X3074893@forte.heathen.com> <200304191606.39781.mistry.7@osu.edu>
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Anish Mistry wrote: > From my communications with Hercules and Cirrus Logic (chipset) they > have not been helpful in providing specs. Cirrus Logic has provided > specs to opensound.com (non-free) and alsa (linux/GPL) and feel > that's enough for them. A quote from thier reply "The only > information that has been made available is accessible through the > linux community." So I wouldn't count on buying a Hercules card > unless you can convince them to release specs, or even write the > driver themselves. It seems that is the unfortunate state of affairs with most of the industry. Has anybody managed to get any more information out of Creative compared to Cirrus Logic? If not, I would have to base my decision on how well the stuff works in Windows. As long as I can get basic sound out of it in FreeBSD I'm happy, I don't mind if all of the features don't work. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, ARM, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly inconvenienced.
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