On 7 August 2011 23:20, Ted Harding ted.harding@wlandres.net wrote:
Now that's interesting, BJ! I hadn't heard of such a gadget. Are they still around?
It was a while ago and I don't think I used it under Linux. IIRC it was a Creative Labs Sound Blaster MP3 Plus sometimes call Creative Digital Music. I seem to remember it was used on Windows XP pre SP2. I expect I was running Linux Mandrake still on my desk top at the time but it worked well on XP with the Dell Latitude D800 and my subsequent upgrade to a Precision Workstation M60 Laptop. I used to use its optical out to feed my Yamaha AV amp and the sound quality was pretty amazing for a laptop at the time.
There are still plenty on USB sound cards about but I'm not too sure about Linux support, however Creative Labs used to supply Linux drivers back in the day. I remember installing modules to get my SB Live card to work in Red Hat 5.1 just after the second ever ALUG meeting @ the UEA! I expect my post to the list raving about the success of getting sound working in Red Hat is still archived. :-)
Cheers, BJ