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From: u555917504ea@minnie.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000008360;0;340;141;)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 131072 is the Sound Barrier?
Summary: audio hardware likes words?
Keywords: word,16bits,spam
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Date: 10 May 89 08:35:57 GMT
References: <8905100534.AA09678@jade.berkeley.edu>
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Reply-To: u555917504ea@minnie.ucdavis.edu (Bruce Rogers)
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In article <8905100534.AA09678@jade.berkeley.edu> <AXTBF%ALASKA.BITNET@jade.berkeley.edu> writes:
>Why is the maximum length of a sound 131072???  (as stated in the
>AutoDocs for the Audio Device with CMD_WRITE).  If I had 1Meg of
>chip memory (well I can dream can't I), I might want to play a
>sound that is 1Meg long (or there abouts).  Why is the Audio Device
>brain dead?

Strangely enough, 131072 / 2 = 65536
I suppose the audio hardware just likes words...

	-Bruce Rogers
	currently u555917504ea@minnie.ucdavis.edu



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