From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 4 00:18:37 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id AAA17212 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 00:18:37 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA17206 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 00:18:36 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA16099; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 00:16:46 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: time.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Paul Traina cc: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended sound card for 1.1.5.1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 03 Jan 95 23:56:38 PST." <199501040756.XAA02154@feta.cisco.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 00:16:46 -0800 Message-ID: <16098.789207406@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Well, I'm going to be different. I say the GUS (Gravis UltraSound) is the > card of choice for both BSD and DOS. It is -not- SB compatible (in hardware) , > but has the advantage of being the only card that I am aware of that can The reason I never recommend the GUS is the simple reason that it often seems to get its knickers in a twist with FreeBSD and needs to be reset from *DOS*. This is just not a bug I'm willing to overlook when considering it as a recommendation. If someone can somehow figure out just what the GUS needs to set it up (run it off a diag extender while DOS is booting and capture the commands? :-), I might change my opinion. Jordan