Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:10:47 -0500 From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound card? Message-ID: <19990531181047.A29013@winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <7iujne$jh2$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>; from Christian Weisgerber on Mon, May 31, 1999 at 08:17:18PM %2B0200 References: <7iujne$jh2$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> 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.
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