awacs(4)

awacs4

Apple awacs audio device

Usage

awacs* at macobio? audio* at awacs?

Overview

The awacs (audio waveform amplifier and converter for sound) driver provides support for the audio hardware found in many Apple PowerMacs.

Hardware

Machines supported by the awacs driver include:

  • iMac,1

  • PowerBook3,2

  • PowerMac1,1

  • PowerMac2,1

  • PowerMac2,2

  • PowerMac3,1

  • PowerMac3,3

History

The awacs device driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5.1 and was imported in OpenBSD 3.0.

Authors

The awacs driver was written by Tsubai Masanari.

Bugs

This driver needs more testing.

This manual page needs more precision and detail.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.