On Thu, 8 Dec 1994 18:14:43 +0100, Colin G Piggot said:

> The sound card has registers the software can read to see how many pairs
> of speakers are connected (and other useful information), so if you have
> only one pair connected the code can modify itself. 

This strikes me as dodgy for two reasons...

 1. How can I rely on software writers to do this?
 2. What are you meant to do if you want to play 6 channels of sound and
    you find out that only 2 speakers are connected?  Miss 2 of them out?

imc

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