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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Driver for 386BSD
Message-ID: <1992Oct13.174114.19301@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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References: <Bw0qus.4pL@pix.com> <1992Oct13.020214.7458@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <Bw255y.A0v@pix.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 17:41:14 GMT
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In article <Bw255y.A0v@pix.com> stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.020214.7458@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes:
>>Josh Osborne (stripes@pix.com) wrote:
>[...]
>>And Mediavision of Pro Audio Spectrum will let other OEM manufactures similar
>>cards and let people know about its interfaces.
>
>While I think the people at Creatave Labs do some scummy things, they *DO*
>make most of the interface to their cards public (only stereo recording
>has been omitted from their docs, and I think it may have just been omitted
>from the hardware...).
>
>> Anyone want to develop a SCSI driver for it as well so that we can
>>use its fast CDROM as well. I wonder what sort of SCSI chip does it use?
>
>Zilog Z5380. Anyone have docs on the chip?
Yes. But like the Am33C93A, it doesn't matter about the chip; what matters
is the DMA and control interface. In the case of the WD7000-FASST2, for
instance, this is a register interface to a Z80. You *never* get to talk
to the chip directly. I suspect the same will be true of other cards as
well.
What you will need will be a programming guide for the board which includes
formatting and issuing SCSI commands; this will probably have to come from
the manufacturer.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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