From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Nov 17 15:15:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA23127 for multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:15:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA23092 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:14:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA27602; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:14:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711172314.SAA27602@earth.mat.net> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:14:12 -0500 (EST) From: chuckr@glue.umd.edu Subject: Re: did Gravis exit the soundcard business? To: vince@venus.GAIANET.NET cc: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 17 Nov, Vincent Poy wrote: > 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. Huh. That's unpleasant news. I haven't paid much attention to the market, because I HAD a GUS, but I need another one fairly soon now. If I want one that had good full duplex send/receive like the GUS, and at least SOME FreeBSD support, what's a good alternative, anyone know? -- ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------