On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 09:46, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 14 Dec 2004 10:03:31 +0100, Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lee Revell wrote: > > > > > Christ, what the fuck country do you live in? Don't you understand the > > > concept of people having bills to pay? Or do you just assume the RME > > > guys are independenly wealthy and just design sound cards for fun? > > > > Interestingly some people seem to be existing who are working on Linux for fun. > > Also there is a concept known as "Open Source Hardware" which was mentioned here > > before. > > Actually, it was Lee and I (I think) who were the main proponents of > the Open Source Sound Card idea. Funny how that works out at times. > > My current thought is that there aren't enough people interested in > doing it. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe, maybe not. One quick question I have been meaning to ask. Would it be possible to completely drive the card with firmware? What I mean, can all the packet processing be handled by an onboard processor in the soundcard? No gate arrays? What I picture is of-the-shelf components only... [*] -- Fernando [*] in a former life I used to design digital hardware and code firmware for small (up to 8x64) analog telephone exchanges, up to around 1989, technology has changed a bit in the meantime :-)
