RE: I am also interested in PCMCIA 2.0 soundblaster card

[tannenba@engr.wisc.edu (Todd Tannenbaum)]

>In message Fri, 20 Jan 95 09:15:16 -0500, <dmoore@dill.lcs.mit.edu>  writes:
>
>> I too am interested in a Soundblaster-compatible card for the PCMCIA 2.0
>> slot. Kevin - if you get any replies directly, could you post the
>> information to the tp750 mailing list?
>
>Try comp.sys.laptops.  There was a discussion there a couple months ago.
>Turns out one of the sound cards for games is SB compatible (i.e. works
>with Doom) and actually sounds pretty nice (16bit, stereo, midi, etc.).
>I don't remember the name.  Be sure to report back to us if you find out.
> 

i've always heard that with the current PCMCIA standard it is impossible to
build a 100% compatible Sound Blaster PCMCIA card.

the reason for the is the Sound Blaster uses DMA, and the current PCMCIA
slots do not support DMA......

-Todd

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