Categories: Retro Computing

Video: 8bit PC Audio With No Sound Card!

In my blog series about restoring the Schneider EuroPC I mentioned that I wanted to test the parallel port using something special. The special thing was an LPT DAC to play MOD files. The first supplier for this let me down, but the second one has arrived, so here is a video using it!

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