Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 and 486DX33?
On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 12:05:10AM +0100, John Gay wrote: I recently came across a deal on a SoundBlaster AWE 64 ISA card and was wondering what the chances were I could get it to work in a 486DX33 I have set up as an X-Terminal to a PII 350? The 486 only has ISA slots, so I'm limited to ISA cards, but the DOC's for the sound card says it needs at least a Pentium. I've used it on a 486 without any trouble. The card needs a pentium processor because some of the provided (windows) software uses some pentium specific code. On Windows, if you skip the installation of this software, it's working nicely. On Linux, you should have no problem. Would this card work, or will I be better off just getting a cheap 16bit sound card? The card will work. Provided you compile the necessary modules into the kernel. (The installation procedure is detailed in INSTALL.awe and AWE32 in the sound folder of the kernel Documentation) Will I be able to get sound on my X-Terminal over the network connection? Maybe you should look at NAS or rplayd ? Hope it helps. Jean-Philippe -- -- Jean-Philippe Guérard - | PARIS XIXe - FRANCE - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | || | « Attendre espérer ! » -- Edmond Dantès, Comte de Monte-Cristo | --
Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 and 486DX33?
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, John Gay wrote: I recently came across a deal on a SoundBlaster AWE 64 ISA... [...] but the DOC's for the sound card says it needs at least a Pentium. That's because it's not really a 64-voice soundcard. It's basically an AWE-32 with some hooks for special software. It does 32 voices in hardware, and 32 voices in software. (In Windows, that is.) In Linux, it basically acts like an AWE 32. You shouldn't have a problem. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Improvements succeeded each other so rapidly, that machines which had never been finished were abandoned in the hands of their makers, because new improvements had superceded their utility. Charles Babbage 'On the Economy of Manufactures' 1832
SoundBlaster AWE 64 and 486DX33?
I recently came across a deal on a SoundBlaster AWE 64 ISA card and was wondering what the chances were I could get it to work in a 486DX33 I have set up as an X-Terminal to a PII 350? The 486 only has ISA slots, so I'm limited to ISA cards, but the DOC's for the sound card says it needs at least a Pentium. Would this card work, or will I be better off just getting a cheap 16bit sound card? Will I be able to get sound on my X-Terminal over the network connection? The DOC's I have read talk about keyboard and mouse inputs and video display outputs for the X server, but I can't seem to find anything about sound. Thanks for the information and all the assistance so far. Cheers, John Gay
