User's Manual
4-3.
PCI Bus Audio Adapter Features
The Chipset built-in SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97' Digital
Audio Controller
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Dual full-duplex direct sound channels between system memory and AC97' link
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PCI Master interface with scatter / gather and bursting capability
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32byte FIFO of each direct sound channel
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Host based sample rate converter and mixer
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Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC98' Codec interface for single or cascaded AC97' Codec's
from multiple vendors
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Loop back capability for re-directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers
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Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy
compatibility
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Plug and Play with 4 IRQ, 4 DMA and 4 I/O space options for SoundBlaster Pro and
MIDI hardware
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Hardware assisted FM synthesis for legacy compatibility
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Complete software driver support for Windows-95, Windows-98 and Windows-NT
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