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  • chaoliang
    MURCer
    • Feb 2002
    • 496

    #1

    PC speaker question

    I've no amplifier today. Can I some how use the PC speaker to hear sounds from TV or music?
  • Nowhere
    Super MURCer
    • Jun 2002
    • 4830

    #2
    No. And even if you could, you wouldn't want to.

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    • Jammrock
      The Berserker
      • Aug 1999
      • 8661

      #3
      Originally posted by chaoliang
      I've no amplifier today. Can I some how use the PC speaker to hear sounds from TV or music?
      If they are POWERED pc speakers then you can. You just need the right cable adapter to plug them into whatever is outputting your audio. If you are using a reciever, however, I would take it out of the equation until the amp is back and plug the PC speakers straight into the TV or CD player using RCA to 1/8" stereo adapters.
      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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      • chaoliang
        MURCer
        • Feb 2002
        • 496

        #4
        Then I have to wait.
        Thanks for the prompt answers!

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        • UtwigMU
          Super MURCer
          • Jul 2002
          • 5651

          #5
          Slightly OT: on Win3.1 there were sound drivers for PC (case) speaker, it worked although it slowed down UI to a halt.

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          • az
            Moderator
            • Feb 2001
            • 9336

            #6
            Do you mean the little PC speaker that makes "beep", or do you mean computer speakers that stand next to your monitor?

            AZ
            There's an Opera in my macbook.

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            • UtwigMU
              Super MURCer
              • Jul 2002
              • 5651

              #7
              The speaker that makes beeb.

              Also StarControl II (the game from which my nick is from) had techno music and very cool sound effects on PC Speaker.

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              • Jon P. Inghram
                Super MURCer
                • Oct 1999
                • 3878

                #8
                My HP48 can play simple music with it's piezo beeper without much trouble, but digitized audio sounds more like someone playing a sandpaper disk on a record player.

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                • VJ
                  Moderator
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 9733

                  #9
                  Originally posted by UtwigMU
                  Slightly OT: on Win3.1 there were sound drivers for PC (case) speaker, it worked although it slowed down UI to a halt.
                  Was it that bad performance wise? I remember using it on a 486DX2-66, and seem to recall it was usable...

                  FWIW, IIRC the first game that could manage digitized sounds through the PC speaker was Mach3:

                  I remember me and my friend sitting in awe when starting that game on his dad's 286 (was a very powerful system at the time; his dad ran Autocad 2 I believe) when we heard "Welcome to Mach 3" followed by some electronic music...


                  Jörg
                  pixar
                  Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow. (James Dean)

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                  • Kurt
                    Super MURCer
                    • Feb 2000
                    • 1839

                    #10
                    I've been looking for the dam PC Speaker driver for win2k but it doesn't seem to exist. Here's a link for win9x/ME:

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