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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Hardware compatibilities issue</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Hardware that not compatible with Linux</A>
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<P>Most of hardwares installed in the system are compatible under
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Linux. However there are exceptions of modem, USB Port and MPEG decoder.
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Please be aware that you cannot use modem, which should be problem for
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some of you. Modems installed in the VAIO is called DSVD modem, which is
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the variant of the "Winmodem."
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<P>(Addition: 12/28/98)
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Newer model seems to have normal modem instead of Winmodem.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Partially compatible hardwares</A>
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<P>The soundcard and the Video card installed are partially compatible.
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<H3>Soundcard</H3>
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<P>Soundcard is compatible under Linux with supports of Microsoft Sound
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System + Sound Blaster, if you want to use MIDI under Linux, you need to
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compromise your sound input capabilities. For this case, cancel out the
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Sound Blaster. If you need MIDI, and sound input, you may want consider
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buying OSS/Linux, which you can use all of its capabilities under Linux.
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The soundcard equipped with the VAIO is Yamaha OPL3SA, and OSS/Linux has
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full support to it. It seems like that the wavetable synthesis mentioned
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in the specification is really the soft synthesizer, so you are not
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missing hardware capabilities on it. As the time I am writing this, there
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is the OSS/Free 3.8, which supports
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this soundcard under Yamaha OPL3-SA1 audio controller. Please note that
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this is not initially installed on 2.0.x. You will need to download from
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OSS site. 2.1.x comes with updated version of OSS/Free, but I haven't
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tested compatibility with it. If you see that it is working with this
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soundcard, please let me know.
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<H3>Video Card</H3>
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<P>Videocard is partially supported under Linux. You will have no
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problem
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using it under Linux console mode. If you wish to use it under X Window,
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get 3.3.1 or later XFree86, which has support to ATI Rage. Other
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commercial X Window system should support this, too. However, 3D
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acceleration of this video card will not work under Linux, as there is no
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driver for this. (Update 12/29/98) For model number 505, ALSA drivers on
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XFree86 V3.3.3 or later is compatible.
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