From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 00:05:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA04892 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 00:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA04887 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 00:05:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00732; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:02:53 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19981228190251.A667@caamora.com.au> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:02:51 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: new soundcard, some opinions please Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello all and merry christmass, best wishes for new year. my question has to do with freebsd and soundcards, i have an old gus (gravis ultrasound), it still works and is quite happy. i have recently aquired a pentium machine that will not accept the gus. my soundcard will not physically fit into any of teh avalable isa slots, maily because of obstrictions like cup and fan, full parity simm chip sets .. stuff like that. i've grown used to the odd noises my machine makes, grin, i would also like to play with the rosegarden package, as well as experiment with 'internet telephony', my pen friend from canada is blind and recently got a voice over internet connections as a gift. he is keen to get to talk to me using his computer. wel for this and many other reasons (i like to listen to my music cd's) i'd like to have a soundcard in my new pc. as teh gravis, even teh clone gravis are seemingly no longer available, i though i'd ask here for pointers, hints, suggestions for a good replacement, well not a replacement but a gravis ultrasound compatible (functions and quality sound of sound etc) so that i could have a caac (computer aided alarm-clock), grin. any information, suggestions would be most apreciated. as i live in australia, some details as to what is available by mail-order would be apreciated as well. regards and best wishes jonathan, missing my gravis already -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message