On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Andrew Wheadon wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:57:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: Andrew Wheadon <awheadon@umassd.edu>
> To: current-users@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Yamaha and sb0 causes wierd noises.
> 
> The other day somebody mentioned that that Yamaha OPL3-SA
> (that is on my Gateway2000 Solo 9100, notebook) works with
> the soundblaster driver
> sb0 220-22f irq5 drq 1 v3.01
> 
> I've been able to send .au files to /dev/audio 
> cat balllost.au >/dev/audio but after the original
> message 'Oh shit! (xboing)' it plays a noise that sounds
> like two modems negotiating a connection. The 'cat never
> finishes and after couple of moments it repeats the modem
> noise, this goes on until I Ctrl-C it. What am I missing?
> 
> Cheerio
>   Andrew
> 
Not entirely sure but this sounds like you are never getting the interrrupt
from the device. I know that the PCI version of the Yamaha uses the second of
the two interrrupts it has for soundblaster play, so if your notebook mentions
that it has two interrupts, you might try the other one.
                           dms@celtech.com