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Re: Wav file on pc speaker

• Posted by Michael Raley <mjronline at IT-WORKS.COM> Apr 11, 1998
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There is a PC speaker audio driver for windows to play wav files. It's locks
up the interupts
so no keyboard or mouse actions can occur while playing audio. I sent a copy
straight to Don.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Eberlein <xseal at HARBORSIDE.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Wav file on pc speaker


>Don Scott wrote:
>>
>> Any way to get a wav file to play on a pc speaker? No sound cards allowed
>> at work!
>> Thanks,
>> Don Scott
>
>Yes, but it requires setting up a high speed interrupt, by reprogramming
>the system timer.  I'm not sure if this will conflict with tick_rate() in
>Euphoria.  The sound quality will not be very good; effectively 1-bit
>mono.  Having a high playback rate would also degrade system performance.
>
>But some sound is better than no sound at all.
>
>So I ask the question: should I add pc speaker support to ModWave?
>