lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1996]   [Aug]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: AWE32 Programming Info (Official) Released!!!!


On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 goemon@anime.net wrote:

> Doesn't matter. Some people have already reverse engineered the chip and
> published the documentation (and sample code) on the web:
>
> http://xfactor.wpi.edu/private/witek/awe/src/guide.txt
>
> So you don't have to worry about Creative Labs NDA at all.

You misunderstand - there's no NDA to it, all the agrement constitutes is
that you will not hold CL liable for any damage to your hardware from the
provided specs.

>
> Someone has used this information to make a Linux modplayer for the AWE32:
>
> http://xfactor.wpi.edu/private/witek/awe/
>
> I think at the very least, /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support for the AWE32
> should be possible very quickly. ;-)
>

The AWE has the same wave audio subsystem as the SB16, so it's already
supported*.

* Get with the program, man.

Derrik Pates
dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:38    [W:0.093 / U:0.080 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site