In message <20000205154538.A303@hellboy.aug.fusa.com>, Jerry Alexandratos write
s:
>Atrocious or not, right now it's my only bet for getting my NM256av
>working in my laptop.

HUH?

I can't comment on the quality of OSS (okay, I can say I think it's "quirky"
on BSD/OS), but I *CAN* say that I have a NM256AV laptop, and it works just
fine as a soundblaster.

vga0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0: Neomagic MagicMedia 256AV VGA (rev. 0x20)
...
sb0 at isa0 port 0x220-0x237 irq 5 drq 1: dsp v3.02
audio0 at sb0: half duplex, mmap, independent
midi0 at sb0: SB MIDI UART
opl0 at sb0: model OPL3
midi1 at opl0: SB Yamaha OPL3
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi2 at pcppi0: PC speaker
spkr0 at pcppi0
sysbeep0 at pcppi0

ThinkPad 380Z, if it matters.  NM2200/NM256AV.

-s