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From: tjw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (TJ Wood WA3VQJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: New SoundBlaster (was: Soundblaster code revisited)
Message-ID: <33623@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 90 17:23:30 GMT
Reply-To: tjw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Terry J. Wood)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
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In article <4024@bwdls58.UUCP> mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:

>I just receive my new soundblaster card.  It now comes with these programs,
>and indeed does claim to sample up to 23KHz.

After some investigation, I've found that the soundblaster will input
at about 12KHz and can output at up to 23KHz.  The idea being that if
you had another 8-bit A/D that could sample this fast, then the
soundblaster could output from the other 8-bit A/D.

>It also does NOT come with the two C/MS chips.. the sockets are empty, and
>they say I can purchase the chips (where?) and install them if needed.

>Where does one find C/MS chips?  Is there a part number for these?
>I'll call the SoundBlaster people eventually if no one knows.

Pardon my ignorance, but what do these chips do?


On another topic:  I got the soundblaster "talking" by using routines
from the developer's kit.  However, I had to use the small memory model.
When I used the huge memory model, the program appears to jump into
the wrong part of memory and begins executing illegal instructions.  I
didn't investigate this problem in detail, so I'm not quite sure just
what I may have done wrong.

But the syn speech works!  "He" talks just like a middle-eastern
Pittsburgher now! ;-)

I've been thinking about writing a program to speak usenet postings:
(i.e. correctly translating all of the smiley faces and changing pitch
whenever quoted text is seen, etc);  should keep me busy for years!

Terry
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