From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 6 21:16:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA16933 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:16:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-238.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA16927 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:16:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA28196; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:02:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812070502.XAA28196@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jeff Gray cc: Questions at FreeBSD From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestion In-reply-to: Message from Jeff Gray of "Sun, 06 Dec 1998 18:36:13 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 23:02:32 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jeff Gray writes: > Running 2.2.6 and now would like to put in a sound card. The > archives suggest awe32/creative labs ... Really? The usual advice is *against* Creative Labs Soundblasters as documentation on how to program the things is all 3rd hand reverse engineered. Plus things like full duplex is only sometimes possible on the newest SB's. Crystal Semiconductor has excellent documentation for their chips, as used on the AOpen cards and other places. I purchased an AOpen AW37 not-Pro. Mine doesn't work quite right for me, yet. Others have not had the problems I have had but they were using the Pro version (which has features FreeBSD doesn't use but a slightly different chipset). But with the excellent documentation from CS I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. If I'm right, the patches will be forwarded appropriately for review to be included in FreeBSD. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message