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Hi all,

The lack of PCI soundcard support is down to three things.
a) we need a developer with some spare time
b) that developer needs a PCI sound card
c) and they need the data sheets for the chipset.

Often it is hard to get all three requirements met at the same time.

Sometimes companies are reluctant to give out the chipset datasheets.

But there is hope.
NetBSD does have a driver for a PCI sound card (I forget which now)
OSS does support some PCI soundcards. (I think the Sound Blaster 128)

FreeBSD is only lacking due to resource problems.

I agree on the need for this development.
Now Sound Blaster have released the SB Live card, I can see the
ISA AWE64's becoming harder to source.
However, there will always be someone making the 'cheap and low quality'
$20 ISA
sound cards for a few years. 

Bye
Roger

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