Yamaha YMF724/YFM740/YF740-V

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Tim Newsham wrote:

> > 
> > hi tim..
> > 
> > i was wondering according to my computer vendor i have a YMF-740 :)..hey
> > you're the first person i''ve come across that matches so close to what
> > i have...I wonder if what you've done should work with mine..what's this
> > about turning on varoius blocks
> > this is news to me..?..:)
> > 
> > something i should be aware of i wonder as regards to getting to work
> > better in linux?
> 
> The turning on blocks thing is about programming to the chip directly
> in the device driver.  You cant directly use a YMF724 chip with
> linux right now.  Someone needs to write a device driver for it.
> I dont know about YMF740, but I dont know if such a thing exists,
> your vendor might have made a mistake?  I dunno.
> 
There is such a beast it seems. I have one of these chips on the
motherboard of my machine and it has the following printed on it:


                            YAMAMA XG
                            YMF 740-V
                            9833EAIG


Hopes it helps in identifying the chip....