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Yes. The CPU ran at 1 MHz and instruction timings were deterministic and well-documented, so it wasn't hard to write a delay loop for any number of microseconds
by tlb 7y ago
Yes. The CPU ran at 1 MHz and instruction timings were deterministic and well-documented, so it wasn't hard to write a delay loop for any number of microseconds.
There were sound synthesizers that could play chords, all based on toggling a digital output connected to a speaker with the right timing patterns.
- pvg 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo46kKaHA3E&feature=youtu.be&t=24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo46kKaHA3E&feature=youtu.be...
- scarface74 7y agoYou could even make intelligible speech to text by toggling the one bit speaker at the right frequency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth And I found a web version that sounds just like it. https://simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam https://simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam