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<TITLE>Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>
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<P>This is the Sound Blaster AWE HOWTO. It gives you detailed information about
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getting the most out of your Sound Blaster 32 or better, including Wave
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Table synthesis. This document covers all SB cards up from the SB 32.
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<P>The Sound Blaster series is well-known in the DOS and Windows community, and
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a lot of Linux users want to use this sound card under Linux as well.
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Unfortunately, Creative Labs only provides a sound driver for Windows and
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DOS, so it is not trivial to install and use a SB card under Linux. This
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document tries to describe how one can use the features of the SB AWE series
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under a Linux environment.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Acknowledgments</A>
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</H2>
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<P>This documents contains information I got from the AWE Driver FAQ and the ISA PnP FAQ.
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See section
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<A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-6.html#sources">Sources</A> for author and location of this
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documents. Thanks to the authors, the SB AWE support is possible.
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<P>A lot of essential work was done by
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<A HREF="http://www.4front-tech.com/usslite">Hannu Savolainen</A>, who developed the sound driver
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that comes with the Linux kernel. Thank you!
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<P>I want to thank
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<A HREF="mailto:n.bern@mail.protos.it">Nicola Bernardelli</A>
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for testing the AWE64 stuff. Without
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him, many errors would have remained undetected.
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<P>Thanks to the
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<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/text/sgml-tools-0.99.0.tar.gz">SGML Tools</A> package, this HOWTO is available in several
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formats, all generated from a common source file.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Revision History</A>
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<DL>
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<DT><B>Version 1.0</B><DD><P>first version
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<DT><B>Version 1.1</B><DD><P>corrected spelling (thanks Curt!), added version
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requirement for <CODE>isapnp</CODE>, now available via sunsite and lots of mirrors
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<DT><B>Version 1.2</B><DD><P>French version now available!, minor corrections, lots
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of spelling fixed (thanks to ispell)
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</DL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 New versions of this document</A>
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</H2>
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<P>The latest version can be found on my Home Page, namely at
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<A HREF="http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/soundblaster.html">Sound Blaster AWE HOWTO</A>.
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<P>New versions of this document will be uploaded
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to various anonymous ftp sites that archive such information including
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<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini</A>.
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<P>Hypertext versions of this and other Linux HOWTOs are available on
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many World-Wide-Web sites, including
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/">http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/</A>. Most Linux CD-ROM
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distributions include the HOWTOs, often under the
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<CODE>/usr/doc</CODE> directory.
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<P>Thanks to Arnaud Launay
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<A HREF="mailto:zoro@lsol.tm.fr">zoro@lsol.tm.fr</A>, a French version of this document is now available!
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The latest version can be found via
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<A HREF="http://www.freenix.fr/linux/HOWTO">http</A>
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or
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/french/docs/HOWTO">anonymous ftp</A>.
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<P>If you make a translation of this document into another language, let
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me know and I'll include a reference to it here.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Feedback</A>
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</H2>
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<P>I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. If you have any
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suggestions, corrections, or comments, please send them to me,
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<A HREF="mailto:Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de">Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de</A>, and I will try to incorporate
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them in the next revision.
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<P>i would especially welcome information about the startup procedure (boot
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scripts etc.) of other famous Linux distributions, e. g. Red Hat or SuSE
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Linux.
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<P>If you publish this document on a CD-ROM or in hardcopy form, a
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complimentary copy would be appreciated. Mail me for my postal
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address. Also consider making a donation to the Linux Documentation
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Project to help support free documentation for Linux. Contact the
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Linux HOWTO coordinator, Tim Bynum
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<A HREF="mailto:linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu">linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu</A>,
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for more information.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Distribution Policy</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Copyright 1997 Marcus Brinkmann.
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<P>This HOWTO is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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<P>This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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<B>without any warranty</B>; without even the implied warranty of
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<B>merchantability</B> or <B>fitness for a particular purpose</B>.
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See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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<P>You can obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to
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the
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<A HREF="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</A>,
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Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
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USA.
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