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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA06924 for <executor@nacm.com>; Tue, 13 Jun 1995 02:04:23 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id DAA29899; Tue, 13 Jun 1995 03:04:22 -0600 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sLRsu-000YbmC; Tue, 13 Jun 95 03:03 MDT Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0sLRsu-00000BC; Tue, 13 Jun 95 03:03 MDT Message-Id: <m0sLRsu-00000BC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 95 03:03 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews) To: "Travis S. Plunk" <tplunk@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: Sound Emulation In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950613022441.7511A-100000@Phred.ots.utexas.edu> References: <m0sLMpS-000YbmC@mailhost> <Pine.LNX.3.91.950613022441.7511A-100000@Phred.ots.utexas.edu> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Travis" == Travis S Plunk <tplunk@mail.utexas.edu> writes: Travis> On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Clifford T. Matthews wrote: >> Sound was dropped from the 2.0 feature set. We've actually >> done a bunch of work on it, but 2.0 was just slipping too much >> for us to continue the sound work. >> >> I don't know alot about soundcards right now, but I'd guess >> that the GU will be supported. However, that is only a guess. >> Another guess is that sound will be in 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3. >> Another feature that should appear fairly soon after 2.0 is out >> is serial port support. Travis> Will Executor for Linux support soundcard emulation? Travis> another question unrelated, will there be a discount for Travis> those who have paid for 1.99x to continue to recieve 2.1x? In all liklihood, E/Linux will support sound before (although perhaps only days before) E/DOS will. There will be an inexpensive upgrade path for people who want to get 2.1 and so on, although we don't yet have the specifics. --Cliff