Subj : Play audio from a serial port
To   : Nightfox
From : AKAcastor
Date : Thu May 09 2024 16:52:40

 N> In the early 90s, I saw a sound driver for Windows 3.1 
 N> that used the PC speaker, so that WAV audio files & such 
 N> could be enabled that way.  Although it worked, and was 
 N> kinda cool for what it was, it slowed down the PC 
 N> significantly while playing audio that way.  I imagine 
 N> it was a similar issue.

Just recently I was reminded of that same sound driver (I have vague memories of being wowed by it as a kid without a sound card) in the DOSBox-X discord chat.  For anyone curious to try it, a link to the PC speaker audio driver for Win 3.1:

https://winworldpc.com/product/pc-speaker-driver-wi/pc-speaker-driver-windows-31


Chris/akacastor

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