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Hey Gang,
Turtle Beach has offered us a challenge a friend at work wrote them about
drivers for his aureal 8330 based sound card, they responded with this.
Let's fire up those emails! :)
Subject: Re: linux compatibility
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:16:45 -0500
From: TBTech@voyetra.com
Organization: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
To: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
Mr. Master: ...and growing. We keep track of all emails like your
own for just this reason. As the demand grows for these drivers,
so will the emails asking for them. Tell your friends to send emails
to us as well. The more we get, the better argument we have to
give the higher-ups reason to build these drivers. As of now, we
have around 200 emails and phone calls for linux drivers, hardly a
compelling argument. However, if this turned into 500 between
now and the holidays...Regards:
John
Turtle Beach Tech Support
Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
914-966-0600
tech@tbeach.com
www.voyetra.com
Date sent: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:04:03 -0400
From: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
To: TBTech@voyetra.com
Subject: Re: linux compatibility
> marginal os? just how many people do you think are using linux or a unix
> based os? jezus...windows sux boys...no matter how business savvy it is
> to do business with them, there are more people who use a unix based os
> out there then there are windoze...
>
> TBTech@voyetra.com wrote:
>
> > Mr. Master: Thanks for your email. Yes indeed, the card does kick
> > a__. However, in keeping with your prescient quote from Aristotle,
> > we are very moderate here at Voyetra-Turtle Beach. Writing
> > drivers for marginal OS's (no matter how cool) is apparently not
> > business-savvy. If you visit the linux
> > website(www.opensound.com) you'll find drivers for the Vortex I
> > (Montego I), but they are yet to come up with a driver set for the
> > Vortex II (Montego II). I would watch them, not us. And the linux
> > drivers will only provide partial functionality when/if they are
> > created. We are merely messengers for the Vortex chip, and
> > unfortunately don't hold the source code, so we're at their mercy
> > almost as much as you are. Great sound though, huh? Regards:
> >
> > John
> > Turtle Beach Tech Support
> > Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
> > 914-966-0600
> > tech@tbeach.com
> > www.voyetra.com
> >
> > Date sent: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:46:51 -0400
> > From: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
> > To: tech@tbeach.com
> > Subject: linux compatibility
> >
> > > first, i love the card boys...kicks mucho ass....
> > > i didn't find anything in the autoreply faqs...
> > > i have a montegoII a3d sound card and i was wondering if you'll plan
> > > on releasing the source code for it so we can build some drivers for
> > > it for linux and other unix based operating systems...or if you want
> > > to do the legwork, can/will you build the drivers? i don't care
> > > either way, but i'd like to continue to use the sound card under linux
> > > but reverse engineering is tedious and timeconsuming and very
> > > difficult...thanx -- Jeddy Master, Guardian of the Farce
> > >
> > > Your Friendly Neighborhood Psychotic
> > >
> > > "Everything in moderation."
> >
> > ***********************************
> > Please include your Product Id in
> > the subject line of all email and
> > include all previous correspondence
> > in the body of the message.
> > ***********************************
> >
> > Turtle Beach Systems
> > Technical support (914)966-2150
> > Fax number (914)966-1093
> > Web URL: http://www.tbeach.com
> > 5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701-1406 USA
>
***********************************
Please include your Product Id in
the subject line of all email and
include all previous correspondence
in the body of the message.
***********************************
Turtle Beach Systems
Technical support (914)966-2150
Fax number (914)966-1093
Web URL: http://www.tbeach.com
5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701-1406 USA
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Subject: Re: linux compatibility
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:16:45 -0500
From: TBTech@voyetra.com
Organization: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
To: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
Mr. Master: ...and growing. We keep track of all emails like your
own for just this reason. As the demand grows for these drivers,
so will the emails asking for them. Tell your friends to send emails
to us as well. The more we get, the better argument we have to
give the higher-ups reason to build these drivers. As of now, we
have around 200 emails and phone calls for linux drivers, hardly a
compelling argument. However, if this turned into 500 between
now and the holidays...Regards:
John
Turtle Beach Tech Support
Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
914-966-0600
tech@tbeach.com
www.voyetra.com
Date sent: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:04:03 -0400
From: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
To: TBTech@voyetra.com
Subject: Re: linux compatibility
> marginal os? just how many people do you think are using linux or a =
unix
> based os? jezus...windows sux boys...no matter how business savvy it =
is
> to do business with them, there are more people who use a unix based =
os
> out there then there are windoze...
>
> TBTech@voyetra.com wrote:
>
> > Mr. Master: Thanks for your email. Yes indeed, the card does kick
> > a__. However, in keeping with your prescient quote from Aristotle,
> > we are very moderate here at Voyetra-Turtle Beach. Writing
> > drivers for marginal OS's (no matter how cool) is apparently not
> > business-savvy. If you visit the linux
> > website(www.opensound.com) you'll find drivers for the Vortex I
> > (Montego I), but they are yet to come up with a driver set for the
> > Vortex II (Montego II). I would watch them, not us. And the linux
> > drivers will only provide partial functionality when/if they are
> > created. We are merely messengers for the Vortex chip, and
> > unfortunately don't hold the source code, so we're at their mercy
> > almost as much as you are. Great sound though, huh? Regards:
> >
> > John
> > Turtle Beach Tech Support
> > Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
> > 914-966-0600
> > tech@tbeach.com
> > www.voyetra.com
> >
> > Date sent: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:46:51 -0400
> > From: Jeddy Master <jeddy@ezwv.com>
> > To: tech@tbeach.com
> > Subject: linux compatibility
> >
> > > first, i love the card boys...kicks mucho ass....
> > > i didn't find anything in the autoreply faqs...
> > > i have a montegoII a3d sound card and i was wondering if you'll =
plan
> > > on releasing the source code for it so we can build some drivers =
for
> > > it for linux and other unix based operating systems...or if you =
want
> > > to do the legwork, can/will you build the drivers? i don't care
> > > either way, but i'd like to continue to use the sound card under =
linux
> > > but reverse engineering is tedious and timeconsuming and very
> > > difficult...thanx -- Jeddy Master, Guardian of the Farce
> > >
> > > Your Friendly Neighborhood Psychotic
> > >
> > > "Everything in moderation."
> >
> > ***********************************
> > Please include your Product Id in
> > the subject line of all email and
> > include all previous correspondence
> > in the body of the message.
> > ***********************************
> >
> > Turtle Beach Systems
> > Technical support (914)966-2150
> > Fax number (914)966-1093
> > Web URL: http://www.tbeach.com
> > 5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701-1406 USA
>
***********************************
Please include your Product Id in
the subject line of all email and
include all previous correspondence
in the body of the message.
***********************************
Turtle Beach Systems
Technical support (914)966-2150
Fax number (914)966-1093
Web URL: http://www.tbeach.com
5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701-1406 USA
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