Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:49:09 -0500 From: Denny <denny@kewanee.net> To: Bart The Good Guy Trzynadlowski <trzy@powernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound Compatibility Message-ID: <19981008204909.A8809@kewanee.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810071929030.8701-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C Wells on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 07:42:55PM -0700 References: <3.0.5.32.19981007145528.00801500@powernet.net> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810071929030.8701-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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Quoting Jason C Wells (jcwells@u.washington.edu): > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote: > > >I have got a REALLY crappy card. Its made by Digital Research Technologies > >(www.dr-tech.com i believe) and it is called the MWAVE3D. I noticed it is > >Sound Blaster compatible and I also think it is MPU-401 compatible. But the > >company doesn't have any drivers for BSD or any UNIX for that matter. They > >called me a "very bad boy". Some tech support... > > Anyway, should I try to download some Sound Blaster drivers for UNIX (when > >I get FreeBSD) and see if any work with my card? > > If you have the source code then you already have these drivers. Read the > handbook online for good instructions on sound cards. > > YMMV. Some cards do not fake being a sound blaster very well. I ended up > grabbing an old SB16 and all my troubles vanished. > > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ > | 206-633-5994 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Well, with a name like MWAVE3D, I would guess that it's and IBM MWAVE based DSP card. Give up now and pawn it off to an unsuspecting windows user. Get a Soundblaster or a Yamaha to reduce your grief level. -- Regards, Denny Reiter denny@kewanee.net ------------------ FreeBSD: www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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