From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Nov 17 13:09:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA15324 for multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:09:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from venus.GAIANET.NET (vince@venus.GAIANET.NET [207.211.200.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA15318 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:09:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@venus.GAIANET.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by venus.GAIANET.NET (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA04606; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:09:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@venus.GAIANET.NET) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:09:51 -0800 (PST) From: Vincent Poy To: Mark Tinguely cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: did Gravis exit the soundcard business? In-Reply-To: <199711172039.OAA30458@plains.NoDak.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Mark Tinguely wrote: Hi Mark and everyone, > I noticed that Computability dropped the Advance Gravis Pnp (Pro) from > their December Computer Shopper ad. I went to www.gravis.com and > most of the listed "online" suppliers do not list the sound card (they sell > Gravis joysticks, etc). > > I noticed that in the Gravis product list, they only list their game > peripherials, but not their sound card. The only reference to the GUS PnP was > an entry for dowloading the device driver. > > Is Gravis getting out of the soundcard business? > > I feel like asking the common Simpson question, "Dr. Monroe, in your > expert opinion, is it time to panic yet?". Gravis was bought out by ACCO about 3-4 months ago. They discontinued all soundcards. Utopia will be providing further support for the cards. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]