Subj : Play audio from a serial port
To   : Bob Worm
From : AKAcastor
Date : Thu May 23 2024 20:21:34

 BW> Aww, boo. All may not be lost, though - I know this 
 BW> will probably come as a shock but I *may* have a couple 
 BW> of devices here with real parallel ports that I could 
 BW> also play with.

What are the chances?!  :)

 BW> Thanks for pointing that out - it means instead of 
 BW> starting out on the USB port, potentially getting 
 BW> nowehere then giving up, I can begin on a "real" port 
 BW> then have fun seeing what a mess switching to USB makes of it.

It might actually be easier to maintain a stable rate on old systems without multitasking?  Though I guess we aren't talking about extremely high sample rates, when it comes to hardware from the past couple decades.

 BW> I wonder if I can get my Acorn to drive it? Blow up 
 BW> another line driver in that poor thing...

I heard they thrive on use!  Abuse is a kind of use.  :)


I have a Covox Speech Thing clone but I haven't really used it (just hoarding) maybe I should try it on the Pocket386.  I don't remember for sure which clone I got but maybe this one:
https://www.serdashop.com/CVX4


Chris/akacastor

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