[HN Gopher] Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game...
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       Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game do anything?
        
       Author : Luc
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2024-02-27 21:18 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | b800h wrote:
       | No-one in the comments there seems to have twigged that OBEAh is
       | simultaneously a hex address and a word for JuJu, magic. Which I
       | suppose is appropriate in the context of a tribal initiation?
        
       | xhkkffbf wrote:
       | While I don't know if this is really true, but there was a time
       | when chips like the 8080 ran at a speed that was close to AM
       | frequencies. Programmers figured out that certain patterns
       | produced sounds on their radio. So they would insert garbage code
       | that accessed the address bus at the right speeds.
       | 
       | Perhaps this is something along those lines?
        
         | duskwuff wrote:
         | I think you've misinterpreted the question pretty wildly. The
         | code in question is in the game _as text displayed on screen_ ,
         | not as part of the executable.
         | 
         | Besides, IBM PC-compatible systems already had a reliable way
         | of making basic sounds - the PC speaker. There was no need for
         | the techniques you're describing.
        
       | sedatk wrote:
       | Somebody in the answers already figured out that the code
       | belonged to MS-DOS 3.30 COMMAND.COM as previously attested by Al
       | Lowe. https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/29580/3986
        
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