From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Oct 24 00:26:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA29491 for multimedia-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:26:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA29471 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:26:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id HAA28653; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 07:06:45 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199710240606.HAA28653@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: sound To: web@merit.edu (William Bulley) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 07:06:45 +0100 (MET) Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199710232157.RAA03381@ohm.merit.edu> from "William Bulley" at Oct 23, 97 05:57:04 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, William Bulley wrote: > > > > > My co-worker practically insisted I buy a clone SoundBlaster card > > > for my brand-spanking new FreeBSD box. I understand I will have my new driver at http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD.html supports PnP and SoundBlaster16. I strongly suggest you _not_ to buy a SoundBlaster, and instead go for some cheap Windows Sound System-compatible card, e.g. the AOpen AW35 or others based on the Crystal CS423x, Yamaha, or if you have no other chance, OPTI931 chipsets. The WSS clones support 16-bit full duplex, whereas the SB16 can only do full duplex with a trick and with lower quality (8 bit only on one channel). Cheers Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________