From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 15 10:54:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA24342 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:54:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24329 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:54:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA21852; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:54:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:54:09 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Richard Foulk cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AWE 64 ISA or PCI In-Reply-To: <199901150811.WAA06814@pegasus.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Can anyone confirm or deny whether the pci version will work? This is -stable a few months before 2.2.8. Thanks, Charles --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Richard Foulk wrote: > } > } Decided to get a soundcard for work and discovered they're really cheap > } these days... I'm looking at the SoundBlaster AWE 64. It's not > } specifically mentioned in the release notes (I'm -stable at about 2.2.7 > } and two thirds :) > } > } I also have the choice of PCI or ISA. Are both supported? > } > > I have the Gold version of the AWE64. It's capable of decent sound. > I've heard the other versions are okay too. > > Unfortunately, the sound drivers for BSD aren't perfect yet. > Mine skips and stutters periodically. Doing a `find / -print' > while playing a stereo wav file can make it sound pretty bad. > (No such problems on win95 on the same machine.) > > I've heard of others with similar problems. > > I'm running 3.0-RELEASE on a Pentium 200 MMX w/64Megs. > > I"ve tried both the native and the OSS (shareware) drivers. > Same problems with both. The OSS guys actually provide > quick turnaround on email support, but no answers for the > stuttering yet. > > If you're interested in less than 44.1kHz, 16-bit stereo sound > you might be satisfied. > > I don't think there is any PCI sound-card support yet for BSD. > > > Good luck. > > Richard > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message