From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 31 16:11: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icicle.winternet.com (icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5012D14BB8 for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 16:10:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com) Received: from tundra.winternet.com (nrahlstr@tundra.winternet.com [198.174.169.11]) by icicle.winternet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA09602; Mon, 31 May 1999 18:10:49 -0500 (CDT) SMTP "HELO" (ESMTP) greeting from tundra.winternet.com But _really_ from :: nrahlstr@tundra.winternet.com [198.174.169.11] SMTP "MAIL From" = nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com (Nathan Ahlstrom) SMTP "RCPT To" = Received: (from nrahlstr@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) id SAA29032; Mon, 31 May 1999 18:10:48 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19990531181047.A29013@winternet.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:10:47 -0500 From: Nathan Ahlstrom To: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound card? Mail-Followup-To: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <7iujne$jh2$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <7iujne$jh2$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>; from Christian Weisgerber on Mon, May 31, 1999 at 08:17:18PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Christian Weisgerber wrote: > I'm considering adding a sound card to my FreeBSD/i386 box. Now, I know > roughly zilch about sound cards. There are absurd numbers of different > models, with similar names, almost identical technical data, different > chipsets, product lifetimes of a few months at most, and varying support > throughout the operating system world. > > For example, opening up the latest leaflet from a local computer chain > store, I see: > > Soundblaster 16 PnP Value ISA, Vibra 16XV > Soundblaster PCI 64V PCI, Ensoniq > Soundblaster 16 PCI PCI, Ensoniq 1373 > Soundblaster PCI 128 PCI, Creative 5507 > Soundblaster Live! Value PCI, EMU 10K1 > Soundblaster Live! PCI, EMU 10K1 > > The latter two are a bit expensive. > > Looking at /sys/i386/isa/{snd/CARDS,sound/Readme.cards}, it appears that > of all these only the "SoundBlaster 16 PnP Value" is supported. In fact, > there seem to be no supported PCI sound cards at all!? > > Can anybody recommend an inexpensive, not too trashy sound card, that is > supported under FreeBSD and still available on the market? (I'm asking > for a lot, ain't I?) The Soundblast PCI 128 works for me. See sys/pci/es1370.c I don't use it too often though. -- Nathan Ahlstrom FreeBSD: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ nrahlstr@winternet.com PGP Key ID: 0x67BC9D19 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message