Xref: utzoo rec.games.misc:13884 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:6365 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:5364 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!amdahl!pyramid!unify!longbow!ttank!tts From: tts@ttank.ttank.com (Karl Bunch) Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: New sound board (Soundblaster/Adlib compatible) Message-ID: <1991Feb10.064932.227@ttank.ttank.com> Date: 10 Feb 91 06:49:32 GMT References: <6082@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <12311.27ae7e5c@ecs.umass.edu> <91037.094240MMK102@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Feb6.223133.15170@engin.umich.edu> Reply-To: karl@ttank.com Distribution: usa Organization: Think Tank Software, Norwalk, CA Lines: 43 In <1991Feb6.223133.15170@engin.umich.edu> jal@acc.flint.umich.edu (John Lauro) writes: >In article <91037.094240MMK102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: >>OK - here is what all this means. 1. The computer does no "musical" >>work except dump the data to a printer port. 2. The music/voice/sounds >>can be as complex or as simple as Disney wants. 3. The sound will [stuff deleted] >There is no reason why you can't have the computer do musical work. Still a lot of CPU being wasted. I looked into this box for fun to use under Xenix. (The thought of Mickey Mouse saying "You have new mail. ha ha") kinda of struck me. So I got a hold of one (via a friend at a local store, okay it was my Mother but I'll never tell..) >> All in all, Disney's device will sound as good as a mono SB, if >>someone takes the time to program the sounds correctly (8 bit D/A >>sounds pretty good). Good luck to Disney. >True, with the exception it will take more CPU power to do anything >else at the same time because of no DMA. (In other words, not as good >for arcade games on slow machines.) (This is without knowing exactly >what hardware is in the box. Does the computer or the box determine >the timing? Is there any buffer at all in the box?) I found only what looked like about $5 in parts. It has NOTHING more than a Amp and a battery in the box it'self and maybe a A/D chip in the connector that goes between the cpu / printer. I didn't even bother running the software since I wanted to use it under Xenix. Oh well. :-) I didn't bother trying to figure out what chips etc were in it but you could count them on one hand. :-) BTW while we are on the subject. How easy is it to get SoundBlaster Technical/Programming information? If it turns out to be a good board I would like to build a device driver for it under Xenix or Unix. Thanks, Karl -- % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Karl Bunch ||| UUCP: ..!uunet!zardoz!ttank!karl % Think Tank Software ||| INTERNET: karl@ttank.com % "...you'd be suprised how far a hug will go with Geordi, even Worf!" -- Riker