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From: Chris Priest
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00

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Chris Priest wrote:
> 
> IBM have written a wave only OS/2 driver for the Ensoniq ES1371 chip.
> This does not support the onboard Midi synth which needs a 2MB/4MB
> in-core table, and no metion is made on whether or not you can use the
> external Midi port. This was used in the Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card.

> Creative bought Ensoniq and renamed the card the SoundBlaster Live! 

Oops, got that wrong. From OpenSound:

Sound Blaster Live *NOT SUPPORTED YET. See README.SBLive*
Sound Blaster PCI128 / Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1370)
SoundBlaster PCI64 / Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371/ES1373)

So it is *some* SB PCI64 cards that may be supported. 

> You
> may still be able to get one of those, but check the sound chip used
> first. Also supported in Linux 2.2.

Chris.

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