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Date:      Sat, 7 Mar 1998 10:04:59 +0100 (MET)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
To:        mts@rare.net (Michael T. Stolarchuk)
Cc:        mts@rare.net, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: soundblaster pro on compaq 1550-
Message-ID:  <199803070904.KAA03113@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
In-Reply-To: <199803070008.TAA09458@rare.net> from "Michael T. Stolarchuk" at Mar 6, 98 07:08:34 pm

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> >> i've got a compaq 1550 dmt, and it seems to say
> >> that there's a soundBlaster pro inside.  Playing
> >> cd's is fine, but when i pump amp into the dsp,
> >> all i get is static.  Its very nice static,
> >
> >probably you have some ESS, and my driver incorrectly claims support
> >for 16bit confusing applications (the card can do 16 bit, but the
> >driver does not -- yet...).
> 
> Sorry, don't know what ESS is... if you can say a bit more,
> possibly point at some docs, then i'd be interested in playing with 
> the driver to see if i can get it to speak.

ESS is a soundcard manufacturer and their card emulate sbpro but have
better features which the driver does not support yet.

look for info at www.esstech.com -- not much documentation is
available, though, you'd be better off looking at the oss sources.

	cheers
	luigi

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