Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:57:25 +0100 From: Jean-Pierre Forcioli <bob2@aqua.cs.univ-paris8.fr> To: af@biomath.jussieu.fr Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will a SB 16 PnP work with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199606240957.KAA10457@aqua.cs.univ-paris8.fr>
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Hi to all, Did you have a quick look at ftp://freefall.freebsd.org:/incoming/ISA_PnP.May5.tar.gz >> William R. Somsky wrote / a ecrit: >> > >> > I'm in the process of buying an new computer system to run FreeBSD >> > for work/programming and Win95/DOS for games :-) Now, I know that >> > the SoundBlaster 16 is pretty much a standard for games and that >> > FreeBSD knows how to talk to it. However, what about the new PnP >> > varieties? Does the PnP interfere with it's use from FreeBSD? >> > These things use software to set things like IRQ's, right? Does >> > this need to be done each time the system is powered on? Or do >> > the settings get stored non-volitily (sp?), and would only have >> > to be set once? And what about the SB 16 Vibra/OEM versions? >> > Are they just as good? Better? To be avoided? Any help here >> > would be useful... >> > >> >> I have such a beast on my muti-OS PC and I did go through some trouble >> and headache with it, especially because it has a built-in IDE port >> for CDROMs. That port does grab one IRQ. Since I already have two IDE >> controllers on my motherboard, I was pretty much running out of IRQ >> levels for the rest of my hardware. >> >> I had to deal with the DOS-mode PNP utilities and W95 control panel to >> permanently disable the IDE port on the SB16 adapter. Neither of them >> are well documented and behave quite consistenly. I *really* would >> have preferred a good old card with jumpers. Plug and Pray still isn't >> my cup of tea. Still, it works nicely now with DOS6/Win3, Win95, and >> with FreeBSD. >> >> _Alain_ -- +--------------------------------+ Jean-Pierre Forcioli bob2@bocal.cs.univ-paris8.fr +--------------------------------+
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