Re: sb live

C S Hendrix (shendrix@escape.widomaker.com)
Tue, 05 Jan 1999 17:34:07 -0500


In message <m0zxTbx-0007U2C@the-village.bc.nu>, Alan Cox writes:

> > Hi!
> > What is the current status of SB Live support (in 2.1/2.2)?
>
> The card is unlikely to ever be supported by free software of any kind. Not
> unless someone supports it by reverse engineering all the windows 95 drivers
> for the card.
>
> Buy from someone like ESS tech who provide documentation for their chipsets
> instead.

Is there are recommended card from them?

It would really be nice to have something as nice as the Gravis
Ultrasound for PCI.

I still like my Gravis, but it's a bitch to work with driver-wise, and
ISA slows the system. Its the only ISA card I have left.

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Shannon - shendrix@widomaker.com - InfiNet?
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