Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 21:58:20 EET
>Paul Davis wrote:
>>
>> we didn't have to beg for specs on the trident cards, most
>> crystal-based cards, the RME cards, the ice1712 cards and on and on.
>
>Some hw manufacturers could call ice1712 "open source", as the specs are
>open, it's reasonably priced (cheap) and performs very well.
>
>It created a whole new range of reasonably priced multichannel soundcards!
>
>You could use your analogy to ice1712 and ask "who would use ice1712" as
>anyone can take it can create cheap soundcard? I think many manufacturers
>are doing better than ever thanks to that chip!
the chip design is not open source. its a proprietary device,
manufactured in industrial quantities. i don't see it as at all
similar to the ideas discussed in this thread.
yes, it helped people start producing 8-12 channel audio
interfaces. thats a good thing. it wasn't open source, it wasn't a
group of hobbyists.
--p
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