What is Microsoft used the GNU available AOL protocol called Toc? Would AOL still have such a beef with them? I am curious as to how the GNU type licensing that AOL has would apply in this case. I mean, there are several clients out there that make use of Toc, the ASCII based AIM protocol.
Anyway, I wonder if MS will try taking the path of using the publicly available protocol. Don't get me wrong, I dislike MS with some respect as the next person, but I think they should just be like the rest of the client developers and use Toc. Just because little billy has plenty of money is no reason for him to be above the law.
For those that are interested in a primer on ToC, feel free to check out http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/. I have a (small) archive there of the ToC Protocol including the old TiK client for TCL that AOL distributed in place of their clunky Java client.
Anyway, that's my two cents. Read the Protocol and decide for yourself. Cheers.
I know that the SoundBlaster Live! is designed to drive 4 speakers (And the software included under the windows enviornment reflects this). I'm not sure if there is a full feature driver for this card under the linux environment.
I am sure that it probably wouldn't be too hard to redirect output to the second audio out channel on this card.
In addition to those two analog outputs I just talked about, there are two additional digital outputs (SPDIFs I believe) that can also be used as outputs. Sure, this card isn't cheap, but I like it since I can send up to 16 WAV (is this the right term for this?) streams to the card at the same time, and have them mixed on the fly.
Overall, I think this is a really high performance card and would probably work with what you want if you want multichannel and high quality audio. The mixing ability for multiple WAV inputs would probably be very useful if you want to write your own DJ software to interface with the card.
Slashdot Mirror
Anyway, I wonder if MS will try taking the path of using the publicly available protocol. Don't get me wrong, I dislike MS with some respect as the next person, but I think they should just be like the rest of the client developers and use Toc. Just because little billy has plenty of money is no reason for him to be above the law.
For those that are interested in a primer on ToC, feel free to check out http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/. I have a (small) archive there of the ToC Protocol including the old TiK client for TCL that AOL distributed in place of their clunky Java client.
Anyway, that's my two cents. Read the Protocol and decide for yourself. Cheers.
See comic at http://www2.uclick.com/feature/199 9/08/16/ft.gif. Cheers.
It is available at http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/ . It should be up for as long as I the guys at AOL don't have a problem with it.
I've got a copy of the ToC Protocol and a slightly old (but functional) copy of TiK in TCL.
Do enjoy. =)
I am sure that it probably wouldn't be too hard to redirect output to the second audio out channel on this card.
In addition to those two analog outputs I just talked about, there are two additional digital outputs (SPDIFs I believe) that can also be used as outputs. Sure, this card isn't cheap, but I like it since I can send up to 16 WAV (is this the right term for this?) streams to the card at the same time, and have them mixed on the fly.
Overall, I think this is a really high performance card and would probably work with what you want if you want multichannel and high quality audio. The mixing ability for multiple WAV inputs would probably be very useful if you want to write your own DJ software to interface with the card.