Re: Sound on Alpha?

["Michael R. Magin" <mmagin_(_at_)_illigal_(_dot_)_ge_(_dot_)_uiuc_(_dot_)_edu>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 03:21:43PM -0800, J. Joseph Max Katz wrote:
> I'm 90% sure the answer is no, but do we do sound on the
> Alpha UDB/Multia? If they're going for $99, and the
> sound works, they'd be perfect for what I have in mind....
> (think car-based mp3 player. Small, and w/ PCMCIA I can
> easily swap HDs with tunes back and forth...)

If I'm not mistaken this wouldn't be too hard, _once_ there
is support for ISA dma, which is not a trival undertaking, AFAIK.
Also, I beleive the PCMCIA slots are type I/II (not thick enough to 
hold laptop harddrives) --- external scsi II narrow drives would be
a better bet.

Besides, The sound quality isn't that good[1].  (I used to run Linux/Alpha
on my UDB).

Mike

[1] And it's just aweful to use if you don't disconnect the internal
speaker.