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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+VoxWare v3.5-alpha3 release notes
+---------------------------------
+
 IMPORTANT! This version of the driver is compatible only with Linux versions
 	   1.3.33 and later. It may work with earlier ones as a loadable
 	   module but...
@@ -5,7 +9,8 @@
 	   Also this is an ALPHA test version which has not been tested
 	   with all cards. At least AEDSP16 support will not work. PAS16
 	   and PSS supports have not been tested. /dev/dsp and /dev/audio
- 	   playback with standard GUS sounds scrambled.
+ 	   playback with standard GUS sounds scrambled. 16 bit mode of
+	   SB16 doesn't work.
 
 Please read the SOUND-HOWTO (available from sunsite.unc.edu and other Linux ftp 
 sites). It contains much more information than this file.
@@ -16,13 +21,6 @@
 * about configuring various cards.				*
 *****************************************************************
 
-VoxWare v3.5-alpha2 release notes
----------------------------------
-
-This is not an official release but just an experimental alpha
-test version. The official version is included in Linux-1.3.3x
-version sources.
-
 There are some programming information (little bit old) in the
 Hacker's Guide 
 (ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/sound/snd-sdk-doc-0.1.ps.gz).
@@ -35,26 +33,13 @@
 after v3.0 (I will not add aditional features before v3.0 is ready).
 
    ====================================================
--  THIS VERSION ____REQUIRES____ Linux 1.2.0 OR LATER.
+-  THIS VERSION ____REQUIRES____ Linux 1.3.33 OR LATER.
    ====================================================
 
 -  THIS VERSION MAY NOT WORK WITH Linux VERSIONS RELEASED
-   AFTER end of July 1995. If this version doesn't compile with
+   AFTER end of Nov 1995. If this version doesn't compile with
    your kernel version, please use the sound driver version
    included in your kernel.
--  Ensoniq SoundScape support is included in this version but it's
-   somehow incomplete. MIDI recording may not work and you have to
-   use /dev/dsp1 and /dev/audio1 (/dev/dsp and /dev/audio don't work).
-   I recommend you recreate the device files used by the driver by
-   running the script at the end of linux/Readme. Then just
-   rm /dev/dsp;ln -s /dev/dsp1 /dev/dsp (and the same with /dev/audio).
-   You will also need the latest version of the soundscape.co[01] file.
-   The old sndscape.cod will ___NOT___ work (it propably just hangs your
-   system completely). The latest code file is available from ftp.ensoniq.com
-   as part of the DOS/Windows driver distribution.
--  This is Linux only version. It should work in other operating systems
-   (SCO, UW, FreeBSD and NetBSD) too but may require some fixes before
-   it compiles.
 
 You will need the snd-util-2.5.tar.gz and snd-data-0.1.tar.Z
 packages to use this driver. They should be in the same
@@ -86,6 +71,8 @@
 (NOTE! The MAD16 looks similar to the Mozart chip. It could be a good
 idea to configure MAD16 cards as Mozart ones. The MAD16 driver doesn't set
 up MPU401 which the Mozart one does.
+CS4232 based cards such as AcerMagic S23.
+
 
 In addition all Sound Blaster models and clones (up to AWE32) work if
 you want to use them.

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