From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Nov 12 15:30:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10645 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10640 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:30:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA08733; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:29:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19981112152951.B7953@Alameda.net> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:29:51 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Roger Hardiman , "Daniel O'Connor" Cc: Udo Wolter , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-Soundcards will vanish... Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <364AB844.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <364AB844.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk>; from Roger Hardiman on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:28:20AM +0000 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:28:20AM +0000, Roger Hardiman wrote: > Hi all, > > The lack of PCI soundcard support is down to three things. > a) we need a developer with some spare time > b) that developer needs a PCI sound card > c) and they need the data sheets for the chipset. I have an Ensoniq PCI card (label from SIIG). If someone can organize the data sheets I can look at driver development as I put the other driver I was working on to the side, as I need to understand some other stuff before I can continue it. > > Often it is hard to get all three requirements met at the same time. > > Sometimes companies are reluctant to give out the chipset datasheets. > > But there is hope. > NetBSD does have a driver for a PCI sound card (I forget which now) > OSS does support some PCI soundcards. (I think the Sound Blaster 128) CL has now a SB Live! Value out ($99 or less) and I could think about picking one up too. But I have no time in hunting down data sheets as my day time is real full right now. > > FreeBSD is only lacking due to resource problems. > > I agree on the need for this development. > Now Sound Blaster have released the SB Live card, I can see the > ISA AWE64's becoming harder to source. > However, there will always be someone making the 'cheap and low quality' > $20 ISA > sound cards for a few years. > > Bye > Roger > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message