Hi, Yeah, the older IBM systems had poor quality sound up until Creative Labs created the Soundblaster sound cards. Especially, the Soundblaster 16 was a huge leap forward for sound on the IBM platforms. Though, ironically allot of games for IBM's didn't have sound or high quality sound until MS introduced DirectX for Windows 95. Before that to support a soundcard a developer had to create their own DirectSound type API to support the sound cards. Which most often they only supported Soundblaster and Soundblaster compatible cards. Everyone else was out of luck. As for the Comidor 64 I got to tinker with them growing up, but I never owned one. I would have really liked to had a chanse to explore them further back then. Now, days you might be able to find one on Ebay as an antique. Lol!
Jim Kitchen wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Yeah I think that I might have had my Atari 800 xl in 1984. Can't remember > exactly what year it was. I even get mixed up on which games I played on the > Atari 2600 and which ones I played on the 800 XL. But I was programming > games using the Microsoft Extended Basic cartridge. The Atari being a game > computer had better sound ability. It had a four channel sound mixer where > as the IBM compatible computers only had a single channel. The Commodore 64 > which was out at the same time as the Atari 800 XL had a built in sound > synthesizer. That might have been cool to learn to use for game sounds, but > I went with the Atari instead. I always felt that the IBM machines could > have done more with sound. Finally they did when they added a sound card. > > BFN > > Jim > > As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716 ( PI ) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
