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soundchips be like [PART 2]
(lemmy.sdf.org)
transcript:
SOUNDCHIPS EXPLAINED part 2! SID sid: im da best dude 1 (sid fan): obviously the goat dude 2 (soundblaster fan): no ur not, soundblaster is better sid: stfu dude 2 AY-3-8910 oscilloscope with weird wave guy: how tf do u do that waveform when you dont have fm???? ay: haha envelopes go brrr POKEY guy: are you a keyboard controller or a soundchip pokey: yes DUMMY SYSTEM guy: you suck dummy system: i know
SID was the Commodore 64 sound generator chip. While rest of that era personal computers and game console could just do fancy beeps at most, SID had a programmable synthesizer.
the joke was on that "sid vs soundblaster" argument there was on the whole irc channel back when it actually had a lot of people
which transitioned smoothly into the amiga vs pc debate a few years later
how many useless debates on computers have there been???
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And the printed manual that came with the computer showed you how to program it.