Karl Cunningham wrote:
> On 6/10/2008 4:22 PM, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>> I have a relatively cheap SoundBlaster card,  lspci sees it as
>> "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS".  It has 4 jacks on the back panel,
>> colored blue, green, black, and orange.  There are mysterious icons
>> next to the jacks.  In simple words, what is the function of each one?
>>
>> By fumbling around, I have found that the green one plays the system
>> test sound into a set of unpowered speakers.
> 
> This is specified in the PC99 System Design Guide, promulgated by Intel
> and Microsoft years ago. It's now being sold in hard copy, but is still
> available as a PDF here:
> http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/hardware/TECHDOK/PC_99_1.pdf
> 
> This used to be widely available on the Internet and apparently has been
> taken down from most websites, probably to support book sales.
> 
> The color coding is described in section 3.18.3, and some of the icons
> appear in Appendix A.

Another useful reference. Thanks for the post.

  Aside: I wonder how many person-years that represents.
  (Not counting any referenced docs).

Regards,
..jim

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