Re: Soundblaster?

[Heinz Ulrich Stille <Heinz Ulrich Stille mbi-os de>]

Hi!

On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Geordy wrote:
>Which currently available version of the Soundblaster would be best to
>try to make work in a UX configuration?  Anything special about
>configuring it?

Just my .02 Euro, as everybody else seems to favor OSS/Linux:
OSS/Linux doesn't explicitly support the UX and is available only for kernel
versions I did not get to run reliably on my board anyway, so I didn't try.
OTOH I got my SB64AWE (the SB part of it) to work within a few minutes, using
the OSS/Free driver in the kernel (as a module) and isapnp. 
Since the UX has only one ISA slot you'd be hard pressed to find a configuration
that conflicts with anything.
I once borrowed a PCI SB (with the ESS1371); the driver correctly recognized the
chip, but I didn't get /dev/dsp or /dev/mixer to work (did not try too hard); the
driver seems to be not quite compatible with OSS.

MfG, Ulrich
 
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