i've been trying to read and write sound files using sox, but
have had success only with read (play).  if i hand generate
a sine wave in tst1.dat, and play it with sox, it works just fine:

	sox tst1.dat -t ossdsp -s -w /dev/dsp

however, trying to record, produces only hum with a small dc
offset, about 40 db down:

	sox -r 8000 -s -w -v 100 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp tst0.dat

of course, this could be a faulty microphone (external, plugged
into what looks like the microphone port), or something faulty in
the sound sysem, but does anyone have any suggestions as to
anything else i could try before i stumble out to buy more
hardware?

this is all taking place on an ibm thinkpad 380Z running rh7.1.

tia,
dan

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