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From: bkogawa@primenet.com (Bryan Ogawa)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Creative SB32/AWE PnP sound card and FreeBSD
Date: 22 Oct 1996 16:50:07 -0700
Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet
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X-Posted-By: bkogawa@206.165.5.105 (bkogawa)

Roland Karlsson <roland@cslab.ericsson.se> writes:

>Hi there,

>What kind of support does FreeBSD have for Creative SB32/AWE PnP?  If
>FreeBSD "supports" SB32/AWE, does that men that FreeBSD only can play
>on the SB32/AWE or is more advanced support available, e.g. loading
>SoundFont (1 and 2) banks, playing MOD files directly on the SB32/AWE
>hardware, modyfying the effects engine, full duplex, etc.

I believe that the card is supported as a Soundblaster 16 (which it mostly
is).  This probably means the former (play only) and not the latter.

>BTW.  The question above is for Linux also.

Sorry, dunno, but I believe the linux drivers are the same.

>Roland Karlsson
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bryan k. ogawa  <bkogawa@primenet.com>  <bkogawa@netvoyage.net>