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Reveal SC400 Sound Card: OSS/Linux and OSS/Free Supported?
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<H4 align="center">By James T. Dennis,
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>Reveal SC400 Sound Card: OSS/Linux and OSS/Free Supported?</H3>
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<p><strong>From kifox on 13 Jul 1998
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in the</strong>
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Do you know if the Reveal SC400 rev 4a soundcard is directly
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supported by Redhat 5.0 and how would I go about setting it up under
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Linux if it isn't?
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I'm not really sure but I think this card was manufactured by Aztech
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for Reveal if it helps any
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)" width="50" height="28" border="0" lign="bottom"
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>Sound drivers is one area that I know less about than
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X. I've never used them much (under Linux, DOS, or Windows)
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and I know nothing special about them.
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<blockquote>You might try a 2.1.xxx kernel (since there was a quite a
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bit of work done on those drivers back in the 2.1.70's
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or 2.1.80's). You could also look at the OSS/Linux
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(open sound system), which is at:
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote><blockquote><code>
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<A HREF="http://www.4front-tech.com/linux.html"
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>http://www.4front-tech.com/linux.html</A>
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</code></blockquote></blockquote>
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<blockquote>... this is unusual in the Linux community in that the
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authors of this commercial (shareware?) package are also
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the principle authors of the sound drivers that are built
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into the Linux kernel (called OSS/Free). This oddity has
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been debated a bit --- but the widely held opinion is
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that the overall benefits outweigh the concerns.
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<blockquote>Anyone who really doesn't like this arrangement is
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free to derive their own version and enhancements
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off of the code that has been contributed to the the
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Linux kernel --- which is why it is still in compliance
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with the GPL.
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<blockquote>The commercial OSS only costs $20 and the authors seem to
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contribute as much back to the freeware/GPL code as they
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reasonably can (they have to sign NDA's --- non-disclosure
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agreements to get the specs for some cards).
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<blockquote>Looking at their web site I note that the Reveal SC300
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is listed --- which suggests that the SC400 is not
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currently supported (unless it is also known as the
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Wave Extreme Pro).
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<blockquote>In any event, check out their web site yourself for details.
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<blockquote>And, once again, remember, if you want it supported under
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Linux, you have your choices --- and if you buy it despite
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the lack of support then you are <em>failing</em> to communicate
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your prefences back to the hardware vendors in any meaningful way.
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<blockquote>I've taken the liberty of copying the
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<A HREF="mailto:support@opensound.com">support@opensound.com</A>
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(the OSS support people) on this request so that they can
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comment on, or clarify anything that I've said.
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>Copyright ©</a> 1998, James T. Dennis <BR>
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Published in <I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 31 August 1998</H5>
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