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submitted 5 months ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] jaaake@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

Back in my day, that used to be the only way a computer could produce sound. Later on you could purchase a specialized sound card that would take up a slot in your motherboard.

[-] jayknight@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

I thought I was the cool kid when I got my SoundBlaster 16!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

The anticipation as you figure out a new IRQ and DMA configuration so you could play with your new toy

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago

My dad used to disable the motherboard speaker because the noises games made back then were more annoying than fun. We eventually got a soundcard, and that was awesome.