Ah, but I *could* pester philips, and if a convincing enough argument was
made and couched in business terms, that data could be obtained.
So, if I were to do so, what information would be needed?
Nothing is impossible, many things are difficult.
Maren
*:+)>
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:28:35 -0800 (PST)
> Maren Peasley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have a one-year-old, $100 sound card that (is now worth $50) that I
> > would like to get working. I have checked the ALSA sound card matrix,
> > and the chip is listed in gray, and I believe my earlier queries probably
> > prompted the listing.
> >
> > As I suspect, a driver hasn't been written to work with this chip, so what
> > can I do to help gather information? I would gladly work as facilitator
> > in this: I'll call customer support and wait for an hour or two, I'll get
> > contact info, I'll do the footwork, but I need to know what to do.
> >
> > Meanwhile, maybe it DOES work under ALSA, is there anything I should watch
> > out for when installing?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Maren
> > *:+)>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Richard V Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Driver for Philips Acoustic Edge (PSC 706)
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:04:31 -0800 (PST)
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Richard V Robinson wrote:
> > Is there an alsa/linux driver for the Philips Acoustic Edge (PSC 706)
> > sound card? Is anyone working on one?
>
> Answer is no to both.
>
> > I'm a fairly resourceful and clever programmer, or was once :). I have
> > the card in question installed on my workstation which dual boots
> > Mandrake/Windows. If no driver has been created, how can I get started
> > making one?
>
> You don't.
>
> Philips hasn't released any useful datasheet for this chip ("thunderbird
> avenger", philips part SAA7785).
>
> -Dan
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> -Frans
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