Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!swatsun!swatsun!gessel From: gessel@masada.cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Mark Gessel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: DAC Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 15:14:23 GMT References: <16894@csli.Stanford.EDU> <1990Dec15.144028.17387@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <3020@unccvax.uncc.edu> Sender: news@cs.swarthmore.edu Organization: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Pa. Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: cbenda@unccvax.uncc.edu's message of 19 Dec 90 02:12:46 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: masada >is the frequency at which the machine takes a 16 bit quantity and USES the >Moto DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR to convert said 16 bit quantity into an ANALOG >voltage level to be sent to your audio equipemnet. /Carl The A to D converter is located in the monitor (on the old cubes), I'm pretty sure. I don't think it's the DSP that does it (I don't even know if it can), since I remember a mention of a 16bit ADC in the literature about the machine (some advertising). The DSP is used to generate synthesized sounds, (and generate images of the mandelbrot set, of course). Dan -- Daniel Mark Gessel Independent Software Consultant Internet: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu and Developer I do not represent Swarthmore College (thank God).