On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 03:18:07PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
: In message <20000205154538.A303@hellboy.aug.fusa.com>, Jerry Alexandratos write
: s:
: >Atrocious or not, right now it's my only bet for getting my NM256av
: >working in my laptop.
: 
: HUH?
: 
: I can't comment on the quality of OSS (okay, I can say I think it's "quirky"
: on BSD/OS), but I *CAN* say that I have a NM256AV laptop, and it works just
: fine as a soundblaster.

The problem is that the NM256AV comes in three flavors: sb compatible,
wss compatible and "native" mode.

The problem is that many newer laptops aren't installing the NM256AV
with any compatibility options.  Thus the need for a "native" driver.

        --Jerry

name:  Jerry Alexandratos         ||  Open-Source software isn't a
phone: 302.593.4322               ||  matter of life or death...
email: darkstar@udel.edu          ||  ...It's much more important
                                  ||  than that!