From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 23 00:12:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24874 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from control.colossus.dyn.ml.org (206-18-113-135.la.inreach.net [206.18.113.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24836 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@colossus.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by control.colossus.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00806; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:08:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199809230546.WAA25594@math.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Computer Help From: Donald Burr To: (Dan Strick) Subject: RE: The "Creative Technology Ensoniq AudioPCI" card. Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My secret spy satellite informs me that on 23-Sep-98, Dan Strick wrote: > I am attempting to configure an "Ensoniq AudioPCI" to run under > FreeBSD 3.0-xxx-BETA. As usual, actual technical information > [...] > Can someone identify this species of sound card and suggest > a driver? FreeBSD does *not* support any PCI sound cards. However, the Open Sound System (OSS) driver supports this card, plus many more; it also has many other advanced features, and in general, seems to work at least as well as, if not somewhat better than, the FreeBSD default drivers. It's only $20, with free updates and tech support through the year 2002 (!!). To find more about it or to get your copy now, go to http://www.4front-tech.com/ > Also, can someone suggest a sound card that does work with > FreeBSD? I am looking for a stable procuct line. Creative > seems to plow its product line under every six months and > I am getting sick and tired of discovering that the old > drivers just don't work anymore. See the readme file for the "new" sound driver (Luigi's driver), at /sys/i386/isa/snd/README (also see /sys/i386/isa/snd/CARDS). This driver works quite well, and supports a large variety of ISA based sound cards, some of which can be had cheaply in "clone" versions. You really shouldn't be using the "old" sound drivers (i.e. VoxWare) any more. --- Donald Burr *NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!* | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ#16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message