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Date:      Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:32:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Turtle Beach Fiji supported?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811081932110.23928-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19981107031758.B15950@znh.org>

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On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Zach Heilig wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 12:42:27AM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> > > The card has what the "docs" call a 'Turtle Beach 56K DSP Hurricane
> > > Architecture" type sound chip (no mention of part numbers).
> 
> > This smells like a MWave.  
> 
> Specifically (with further reading), it uses the Motorola 56002 DSP.  Given
> specs like: 20 bit D/A & 20 bit A/D, > 97dB SNR, a +/- 1dB bandwidth of
> 10Hz to 22KHz, and full-duplex sound, it doesn't really resemble an MWave...

I should have qualied that to 'an MWave-like device', ie a multifunction
DSP.

> > If they have the specs, someone will program it ...
> 
> Well, they at least acknowledge that Linux exists (and have pointers to
> preliminary linux drivers from the turtle beach website, which I picked up...
> any pointers on converting a Linux driver to a FreeBSD one?).  They also
> supply the firmware (it seems to be 'soft' firmware.. needing to be loaded at
> poweron).

Yummy. Have fun.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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