Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:50:15 +0200 From: Sascha Klauder <sklauder@trimind.de> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook: Soundcard Setup Addition (7.2.1) Message-ID: <20050606175015.GA2315@trimind.de> In-Reply-To: <20050606154204.GK57893@over-yonder.net> References: <20050606105039.GA632@gothic.blackend.org> <20050606122310.GA43737@over-yonder.net> <20050606132919.GD32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606133438.GH57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606134459.GE32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606135100.GI57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606140946.GF32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606141622.GJ57893@over-yonder.net> <20050606142955.GG32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050606154204.GK57893@over-yonder.net>
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:42:04AM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:29:55AM -0400 I heard the voice of > Mathew Kanner, and lo! it spake thus: > > My expectation was that no-one was using ISA. From your message and > > a couple last month I think it's more popular that I ever thought. > > I wish there was some way of doing a poll of whats really is used > > out there. I for one use both :) I've got a SB AWE64 Gold and a SB Live! card. The AWE card is used primarily for listening to music, the Live for playing games/watching movies. My primary annoyance with the Live card is that it's mixer lacks bass and treble controls. And the AWE card has better sound -- my (subjective) opionion. > I doubt anybody in the last 5 years has built a system and put an ISA > soundcard in it. And most newer systems don't even have ISA at all, I admit to using retro hardware, both my systems have ISA slots ;) > It'd probably be a pretty bad thing to not SUPPORT the ISA cards, but > I wouldn't trip over myself offering amenities to people using 'em. Please don't drop ISA sound support. Cheers, -sascha
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