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by **James A. Clelan** » Sun, 13 Dec 1998 04:00:00

> 3 days ago I bought a PCI SB 128. I haven't been able to get it to work.
> Has anyone gotten one to work? I have kernel 2.0.36. Thanks.
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I hear you can't get it to work using isapnp 'cause it's a PCI card.
I finally gave up and purchased OSS. Works ok, but, for some reason, games
that used to play with sound (/dev/dsp, when I had an old SB16 ISA) don't
play with sound anymore. BUT, they don't core telling me they can't open
/dev/dsp either. I don't know what is up with that. Using OSS's "play'
executable to play .wav files to /dev/dsp works fine, so it's not the
device. Who knows, I can play CD's, that's all I really care about.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why games using /dev/dsp wouldn't
play with sound using OSS? Ever encountered that problem? I don't expect
many replies...

James

by **Chris Welc** » Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:00:00

3 days ago I bought a PCI SB 128. I haven't been able to get it to work.
Has anyone gotten one to work? I have kernel 2.0.36. Thanks.
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by **Edward J. Sanvill** » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

> > 3 days ago I bought a PCI SB 128. I haven't been able to get it to work.
> > Has anyone gotten one to work? I have kernel 2.0.36. Thanks.
> > --
> > /---------------------------------------------------\

> > | http://130.74.57.55 | ftp://130.74.57.55 |
> > \---------------------------------------------------/

> I hear you can't get it to work using isapnp 'cause it's a PCI card.
> I finally gave up and purchased OSS. Works ok, but, for some reason, games
> that used to play with sound (/dev/dsp, when I had an old SB16 ISA) don't
> play with sound anymore. BUT, they don't core telling me they can't open
> /dev/dsp either. I don't know what is up with that. Using OSS's "play'
> executable to play .wav files to /dev/dsp works fine, so it's not the
> device. Who knows, I can play CD's, that's all I really care about.

> Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why games using /dev/dsp wouldn't
> play with sound using OSS? Ever encountered that problem? I don't expect
> many replies...

> James

I have the same card, installed OSS, and everything plays
sounds correctly. However, I can't use General MIDI, or the
WaveTable Synthesis, which SoundBlaster PCI128 says it has
on the front, (Windows 95 can play music with the wavetable,
though). The only reason I bought the SB128 was for the
wavetable midi, so I think I'll be ditching this card in
favor of an old SB16. Some Windows user is going to get the
best trade of his/her life.

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