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Why not play a recording that actually said, "CPU fan failing, call tech support".
by shaunkoh 15y ago
Why not play a recording that actually said, "CPU fan failing, call tech support".
- zlapper 15y agoBecause the music was in MIDI format, I guess.
- rbanffy 15y agoMIDI would be overkill. A pitch-duration table along with the code to vibrate the speaker at the right frequency for the right amount of time would be far simpler.
- georgieporgie 15y agoIt played over the piezoelectric motherboard speaker, the one that usually emits only a beep, and is intended to play a given frequency for a given duration. It's possible to use pulse width modulation to make mediocre digitized sound come out, but it is quite complex and would use a lot of BIOS space. A simple sequence of notes, however, is compact and easy.
- Splines 15y agoIt's the same reason why we still have beep codes and LED status indicators on our motherboards: You don't need to localize Fur Elise.
- StavrosK 15y agoIn Greek, we call it "Για την Ελίζα".