Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/29/20:08:09
On 29 Dec 99, at 14:02, Damian Yerrick wrote:
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> "vimal naran" <vtech AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> wrote in message
> news:84cnks$1pl$1 AT news DOT ihug DOT co DOT nz...
> > Is anyone else having trouble getting their Sound Blaster Live! going with
> > Allegro (DOS)?
>
> From what I've heard, SB Live is a winsoundcard.
This is quite wrong and misleading.
Adding the prefix win to a hardware device (like winmodem) implies
that the device needs windows specific resources to run. For
example a winmodem (some internal ones) needs a driver which
uses the CPU resources (when the modem is busy the system
slows down a lot) vs a hardware modem (all external ones and
certain internal ones) which doesn't need a driver which is
dependent on OS specific code. So therefore most winmodems
cannot run on anyother OS like linux etc.
However the SBLive installation CD (I have liveware 2.0) Includes a
TSR which emulates the SB16 for DOS Programs, Please see my
earlier Post about this. Also there is a Driver For Linux so AFAIK
the SBLive is not a winsoundcard since it doen't require a windows
specific driver to work (all the processing, Special FX, is done
using the on board hardware EMU10k chip) so it doesn't depend on
windows specific code.
And although the Allegro file says that Creative hasn't relased any
specs for the EMU10K1 this is also wrong. Creative has indeed
recently released specs and they have been used to build the
SBLive driver for Linux. The source can be found at
<http:///www.opensource.creative.com>.
IMHO the SBLive is a super soundcard and one of the few which
Emulate the SB16 for DOS. Most of the other cards I've come
across (like that trashy Aztech 2320PnP) emulate SbPro for DOS
(only 8bit sound)
Best Wishes for the season,
Kalum
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