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29 .Dt VIDCAUDIO 4 acorn32
33 .Nd VIDC audio device driver
35 .Cd "vidcaudio0 at vidc0"
36 .Cd "audio* at vidcaudio0"
40 driver provides support for the audio system of the
42 and of the video and sound macrocell of the
47 The driver can work in two modes, either using the internal 8-bit
50 and its internal reference clock,
51 or using the serial sound output of any supported chip
52 feeding external 16-bit DACs and an external sound clock.
55 the choice of mode is based on the
56 .Ql *Configure SoundSystem
64 driver was introduced in
66 The driver was largely rewritten for
68 because it had bit-rotted so far as to be useless.
70 The first version was written by Melvin Tang-Richardson.
71 The rewrite was by Ben Harris.