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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:05:17 -0500
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From: Alan Robinson <ar@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: Sign on (and test really :)
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>One interesting project I have come along is SDL (Simple Direct Media
>Layer), a generic low level driver library which provides access to I/O
>devices which include audio:
>
>http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/projects/SDL/
>
>It has a very interesting API for audio. I'd like to see a similair
>approach for the new Ultra Project drivers. Please let me know what you
think.

Its interesting, but I find it a little to simplistic.  Perhaps it could be
useful as low level set of interfaces directly to hardware.  But, as far as
I can tell, it ignores sound cards like the GUS, and all their special
abilitys.

-- Alan.


