Subj : Play audio from a serial port
To   : Bob Worm
From : Spectre
Date : Sun May 26 2024 17:13:00

 BW> The link Spec posted has ASCII art diagrams* for putting together your own
 BW> parallel adaptor with a DAC chip (a couple of different DACs, actually) -
 BW> funtionally the same but probably better quality. I imagine someone must
 BW> have cranked out a manufactured version of that at some point.

I have a sneaking suspicion and I haven't checked, that Wolf3d might have
supported Parallel DAC.  I also think there was a pretty small window where
they became useful. Where there was enough spare horsepower too drive it
while still doing something "useful" and before SB clones arrived in force. I
seem to remember having a resistor ladder version for a bit... and the DAC
version I stuck in the Apple II. Would've been late 386 DX40 era I guess.

Spec


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