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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
To: Tobiah <toby@rcsreg.com>
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Subject: Re: ESS1688: Ever be full duplex under ALSA
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Tobiah wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a Fujitsu laptop that reports an ES1688.  The card will
> run Full duplex in Windows, but under OSS, it is only half-duplex.
> 
> I looked into the ALSA driver because I thought that I might have 
> a better chance at full-duplex with this card, but it doesn't seem
> to be supported.  When I try to record and play at the same time,
> I get an error like, "device busy".
> 
> Is there any chance that the ES1688 might be supported as a full-
> duplex card under ALSA in the future?  Or, perhaps I bought exactly
> the *wrong* laptop?  I was hoping to have a portable multitrack
> studio. :)

ES1688 doesn't have full-duplex capability. It's hardware limitation.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


