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From: sig@europa.asd.contel.com.asd.contel.com (Sigurd P. Crossland - Contel WTP 2214N 703-818-4202)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Audio IRC?
Message-ID: <910025.092550.sig@SCrossland>
Date: 25 Jan 91 14:25:50 GMT
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Has anybody used the audio capabilities of the NeXT on IRC?  How difficult
would it be to redirect the byte stream from the microphone onto a channel
and redirect the corresponding channel output to the D/A converter and the
speaker?  How would one 'escape' control codes recognized by IRC?  Perhaps
one could use a shift-in/shift-out sequence with byte stuffing?  How about
using the space bar as sort of a push-to-talk switch?  Any ideas on the
performance expected across the network?

Anyone interested in discussing the questions mentioned with the goal of
eventual implementation?  I would like to suggest a dis-key conference on
channel +NeXT for Tuesday, January 29th, at 1100 EST (0800 PST & 1600 GMT).


Sigurd P. Crossland                                Contel Federal Systems
Principal Engineer                                 FSS/GSY/SWE WTP-2214N
Internet: sig@europa.asd.contel.com                15000 Conference Center Dr.
Telephone: (703) 818-4202                          Chantilly, VA  22021