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From: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>
To: Aled Treharne <taff@bad.bris.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: SB and midi (was RE: How to run doom?)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Withrow <witr@spooky.rwwa.com>
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On 28-Nov-97 Aled Treharne wrote:
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>On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Mariusz Potocki wrote:
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>> I have cheap SB Pro clone, so it was necessary to patch kernel.
>> What kind of sound card do you have? Try cat /dev/sndstat
>
>I didn't realise it was necessary to patch the kernel. I have an ESS 1868
>16-bit SB-compatible sound card. It has an MPU-401 MIDI wavetable on it
>(according to the specs) and although I can get sound to work, I cant get
>MIDI to work. It deosn't help that it's plug'n'pray either! :)

Well, if you want to use your card in FreeBSD you are free to do it, but if you
want to play Doom and hear everything, you should apply patches.
In Doom FAQ you can find notice that only SB 16 is supported.
I also have ESS 1868 chip on my sound card (but without wavetable) and it is
reported as SB Pro 3.1 on boot.
If you want more info how implement changes to have music and fx in Doom, mail
me. It works even with 8 bit SB clones!!!.
>
>Thanks,
>
>- -Taff.
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>                  Aled Treharne                felix@royal.net
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Mariusz

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