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by paulryanrogers 193 days ago
Not bad.

I recall a special Windows 3 driver could push sound effects and music through PC speakers, at least those which were an actual small speaker embedded in the case. It was very rough and mono but a neat trick. I don't think it worked with the coin sized beepers in older models.

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Used that before, Its basically software PWM and moving the mouse messes with it. There is an equivalent in Linux called snd-pcsp which can be modprobed in case no sound card exists. It has the same issues though
I remember this driver and relied on it for a few years. Was sort of amazing, all things considered.