Messages in this thread | | | Date | 18 Sep 1998 17:35:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!! |
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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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