From: Laurence Withers <lwithers AT lwithers DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: [Q] SB PCI64v + Allegro
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:26:33 +0100
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In article <8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE30162E5EC AT probe-2 DOT acclaim-
euro.net>, Shawn Hargreaves <ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk> writes

[snip]
>(A) looks like a pretty good choice to me, if you can find such a thing.
>I'm not an expert on all the various soundcards currently being
>manufactured, but I do know enough to recommend that none of the current
>Creative Labs lineup are good choices if you want to run DOS programs.

My experience with an SB Live! has been good. Creative provide a set of
DOS drivers that will emulate an SB-16, and they even provide a Linux
driver. Maybe they are learning that there is life outside of Windows.
The SB-16 drivers work with Allegro under DOS.

[snip - I don't want to reply to the rest, because I own a Creative
soundcard and an ATI graphics card...]

Bye for now,
-- 
Laurence Withers, lwithers AT lwithers DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
                http://www.lwithers.demon.co.uk/