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From: chas@visionware.co.uk (Charles Hirst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Driver Question
Message-ID: <1992Oct21.085828.3376@visionware.co.uk>
Date: 21 Oct 92 08:58:28 GMT
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stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne) writes:
: In article <1992Oct15.065157.6633@athena.mit.edu> bri@pegasus.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom) writes:
: [...]
: >i was quite happy(and surprised) to see a sb driver for 386bsd.
: >now, just to clarify. is the driver just for the sb PRO? or is
: >it for any. i have a good ole 8 bit sb. the post said
: >sound blaster driver, but seemed to be only for the PRO
: 
: Well, good question.  I think (as long as you don't try to make any of the
: stereo calls) it ought to work.  Try it and let us know.
: -- 
:            stripes@pix.com              "Security for Unix is like
:       Josh_Osborne@Real_World,The          Multitasking for MS-DOS"
:       "The dyslexic porgramer"                  - Kevin Lockwood
: We all agree on the necessity of compromise.  We just can't agree on
: when it's necessary to compromise.       - Larry Wall

On the same topic, has anybody tried to get support for the CD drive on the
SB Pro card.  I have the CD Rom drive, but am unable to read my Prime Time
Freeware CD's at home as no drivers exist.