RE: SoundBlaster Live

Alan Cox (xombi@accessus.net)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:00:13 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Robert Cicconetti wrote:

> According to Creative, the main chip is the EMU10K1.. and has several
> different firmware revisions that can be uploaded to the EMU. Other than
> that the site is rather uninformative on technical details; I'm considering
> buying one for the S/PDIF I/O (Much cheaper than any other brand name card
> that I've seen that can do that).

> Also, it says the Live is compatible with the original Sound Blaster, but
> not SB-pro on up.

Yes, but unfortunately it's not software compatible, it just means it _works_
with programs that attempt to use Sound Blasters. It's not register
compatable, but uses emulation on the driver level.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/