Re: Logitech SoundMan Wave soundcard?

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From: Hannu Savolainen
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 00:00

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errush01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Edward R. Rush) writes:

>In <3kvetm$9kl@optima.cs.arizona.edu> jjones@GAS.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Jeffrey C Jones) writes:

>>It's not Soundblaster 16 compatible, though, so that gives you problems
>>sometimes when playing games (if you want 16bit stereo).

>Hold on just a minute.  I happen to own the above mentioned card, SoundMan
>Wave, and can play 16-bit sounds.  It has the OPL4 and MPU-401 chips in it.
It's true. SM Wave and other Jazz16 based have 16 bit capability (that's why
the 16 after Jazz). However they are not SB16 compatible. The 16 bit mode
is implemented differently than in SB16.

The very latest ALPHA test version of the sound driver 
(ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/v3.0-proto-950402.tar.gz) has
simple initialization routine for Jazz16 based cards which makes it possible
to use MV ProSonic (at least) as a SB Pro clone without initialization
without DOS. The SM Wave however has some additional (mixer?) hardware 
and the initialization code is not sufficient. I'm waiting for some
specs from Logitech so let's see what happens next.

Hannu
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From: hannu@voxware.pp.fi (Hannu Savolainen)
Subject: Re: Logitech SoundMan Wave soundcard?
Date: 1995/04/02
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