▲ 1321 ▼ "Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 224 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think the PC speaker was literally a 1-bit speaker. Anything that sounded more detailed was PWM on that one bit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That's correct. Jesus they were awful yokes but they were really mostly intended for letting you know that your hardware was bollixed at boot time. PC's had mostly been business machines really until the 90s if my memory is correct. If you wanted gaming you got a more gaming focused machine like an Amiga or console. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That's correct. Jesus they were awful yokes but they were really mostly intended for letting you know that your hardware was bollixed at boot time. PC's had mostly been business machines really until the 90s if my memory is correct. If you wanted gaming you got a more gaming focused machine like an Amiga or console. permalink fedilink source parent
