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This. PC speaker was driven far beyond its original design and intention. Sound Blasters, and later built-in clones/compatibles, changed the general outlook of
by Firehawke 5y ago
This. PC speaker was driven far beyond its original design and intention. Sound Blasters, and later built-in clones/compatibles, changed the general outlook of sound.
You'll see a shift to Adlib/SB audio start around 1987-1988, and by 1991 they were no longer niche. PC speaker support started to wane, but didn't entirely go away until Windows 95.
How do I remember this? I ran a BBS in the 90s, and my family was one of the early adopters of sound cards back in 1987 (Creative Music System, later rebranded to Game Blaster before Creative Labs came out with the Adlib-compatible Sound Blaster) and we ended up going through a few of the different cards over the years across multiple PCs.
- joemaffei 5y agoI remember an old demo that would play a loop of the chorus of I Say a Little Prayer through the PC speaker. It was hard to believe that the speaker could be pushed to such limits.