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SubjectRe: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!!
pcg@goof.com (Marc Lehmann)  wrote on 17.09.98 in <19980917122639.44336@cerebro.laendle>:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 11:16:33AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > > Which sounded worse or better than the Linux PC-speaker sound device?
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > Since both use a single bit AFAIK, the obvious answer is "the same".
>
> No, worse. The PC speaker is FM modulated and good ones can have a
> resolution of up to five or even six bits. But that could - in theory - also

The *PC speaker*?! We're not talking about a bloody soundblaster!

The PC speaker has a 1 bit input. Nothing like 5-6 bit. Also nothing FM.

> be done with a C64, but additionally, the PC Speaker can be fed much higher
> quality data (since a PC usually can sample a type at 8 or 16 bits, while
> the c64 (etc.) tape could only be sampled at 1 bit).

Uhuh. PC. Sample. 8-16 bits. You're dreaming of a soundcard, again.

MfG Kai

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