From: Rick Miller - Linux Device Registrar <rick@ee.uwm.edu> Subject: Re: *.au --> PC speaker (revised) Date: 25 Apr 1993 12:37:27 GMT
las@r-node.hub.org (Laszlo Herczeg) writes:
| I haven't tried the *.au player yet, but I would say that it _is_ possible
/ to get acceptable sound quality on the PC speaker in 8/16 bit modes.
- There is a Windows utility which drives the PC speaker with MOD files,
\ and on my Linux box there is a surprisingly good quality speaker so
| much so that I have to lower the volume at night (when my roommates are
/ sleeping).
- Anyhow, if Windows can do it, maybe Linux can do it, no?
\ -LH
It *may* be possible using timer interrupts, but I still doubt it.
It takes a *lot* of processor power the way it's done now (using timing
loops), and sharing the CPU with other operations (like its own disk-read)
tends to mess it up.
...and what are you talking about, "8/16 bit modes"?!? The PC's internal
speaker has only *ONE-BIT* mode... on and off.
I've never seen a PC come with a volume control for its internal speaker,
so maybe you have some sort of sound card?
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