Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!!

Marc Lehmann (pcg@goof.com)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:26:39 +0200

On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 11:16:33AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > Which sounded worse or better than the Linux PC-speaker sound device?
> > ;-)
> >
> Since both use a single bit AFAIK, the obvious answer is "the same".

No, worse. The PC speaker is FM modulated and good ones can have a
resolution of up to five or even six bits. But that could - in theory - also
be done with a C64, but additionally, the PC Speaker can be fed much higher
quality data (since a PC usually can sample a type at 8 or 16 bits, while
the c64 (etc.) tape could only be sampled at 1 bit).

So tape sampling -> playing does sound _much_ better with the pc speaker.

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