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I still remember when audio output meant writing your own interrupt handler and directly poking IO ports, so at least we've come a little way since then.
by caf 12y ago
I still remember when audio output meant writing your own interrupt handler and directly poking IO ports, so at least we've come a little way since then.
- spacemanmatt 12y agoor breadboarding a DAC-to-parallel-port "sound card" because the piezo buzzer just didn't cut it
- ackalker 12y agoAh the Covox[1] craze, sweet memories. BTW: I think you meant to say "parallel-port-to-DAC", where "DAC" all too often meant just a simple cobbled-together resistor ladder. Who cares about HiFi when you can have actual sampled sounds instead of tinny beeps? :-)
- caf 12y agoIt was also possible to play sampled sounds through the PC speaker using pulse-width modulation. Now that was a hack.
- Joeboy 12y agoI've done this, and I'd rather do it again than deal with cross platform audio. Unless I was allowed to use jackd, but that probably doesn't count.