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 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
