Linux-Hams archive - April 1999: Re: soundcards?

Re: soundcards?

Thomas Sailer (yiaq.xoze@waddell.com)
Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:00:37 +0200

beh.bhaauc@filertel.com wrote:
>
> Hi fellow radio amateurs,
>
> will any of the following soundcards wirk with packet radio
> (generally). Is anyone of them "best"?
>
> Gravis Ultrasound (GUS): "PnP", Extreme, Classic/ACE, MAX
> cards with a GUS chipset: Dynasonic 3-D, STB Sound Rage
> 32, UltraSound 32-Pro (STB)

Some of the GUS cards contain a CS4231, so they should IMHO work

> Soundblaster: 1.0, 2.0, Pro, 16/AWE, PCI64

ISA SB work

> ESS AudioDrive ESx688
> ESS ES18xx (chipsets)

Should work too

> ESS Solo-1 ES1938

Would likely work if someone wrote legacy init code
and the motherboard chipset supports DDMA

> Yamaha: OPL3-SA2, OPL3-SA3 (chipsets)

Unlikely

> OAK Mozart

Don't know

> Schubert 32 PCI (PINE, S3 SonicVibes PCI chipset)

No

> Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370/1371 PCI soundcards (Soundblaster
> PCI64)
> SonicVibes PCI soundcards (PINE Schubert 32 PCI)

No

NB: I'm working on a userspace solution that utilises the
standard linux sound driver, but I'm somewhat stuck due
to work overload 8-)

Tom