> 	cat /netbsd > /dev/audio should yield static, but I get 
> nothing. I've got a SoundBlaster 16, and it worked in win95,
> and the kernel comes up with:
> 
> sb0 at isa0 port 0x220-0x237 irq 7 drq 1 drq2 5: dsp v4.13
> audio0 at sb0
Are you sure your SB interrupts at irq 7?  The driver just trusts
what the config file says, it doesn't really check it.

> RealPlayer complains it cant open the audio device. I have
> /dev/MAKEDEV audio succesfully.
You need a /dev/dsp in the Linux emul directory, e.g. by
ln -s /dev/audio /emul/linux/dev/dsp

        -- Lennart