Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:22:45 -0700 (PDT) | From | ferret@phonewav ... | Subject | Re: Sound card IDE interface. |
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I actually installed an sblive into a machine at work a couple months ago.
The 40-pin interface is for their optional 5.25" drive bay "studio" or whatever they call it interface, with DIN midi ports and 1/4" microphone and monitor ports.
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Rui Sousa wrote: > > >> Is it possible to use the IDE interface on a Sound Blaster Live > >> PnP card as a third IDE interface? > > > >There is no such thing... > > That is possible.. I do not have the card, nor have I seen > it. Someone else has one and figures they can plug IDE hard > disks into it. I doubted that it was an IDE interface to begin > with, but... who's to argue with someone that KNOWS that it > is. I figured I'd find out anyway before his HD's end up with > blown buffers. > > >You probably meant Sound Blaster Pro/16 or one of the other > >variants. > > No. It is an SB Live OEM card. > > >Get the sound card right, use the right module and check it's > >options to enable the IDE interface. > > So I'm assuming then that the SBLive 40 pin interface is NOT > IDE? Is it then an older Mitsumi or Sony interface? > > Seems odd that a modern sound card would support ancient CDROM > hardware... That is why I assumed that it might actually be real > IDE. > > Any other info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > TTYL > > -- > Mike A. Harris Linux advocate > Computer Consultant GNU advocate > Capslock Consulting Open Source advocate > > I've overclocked my keyboard interface. It's quite messy dipping my > hands into the mineral oil, but *MAN* is my keyboard ever fast now! > - Anonymous Coward > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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