I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the pc speaker sound driver. It let you play any wave through the case speaker. In the old visbas-l list someone once posted a vb6 app that played the theme to the muppets through the speaker :) BBM pin:2589AEE0
-----Original Message----- From: "Unicorn.Consulting" <unicorn.consult...@gmail.com> Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:18:38 To: ozDotNet<ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Reply-To: unicorn.consult...@gmail.com, ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: OT - Magic Mushroom song from the 1980s On 08/06/2010 8:07 AM, Dylan Tusler wrote: > Does anyone remember a clever little app that allowed IBM XT computers > to play a song via the primitive PC Speaker that was installed in > them? I think it was an ad jingle for some kind of room deodorizer > called a Magic Mushroom? (I remember being blown away by it in about > 1987. This was on green-screen XT computers, that normally only went > "beep".) > I'm trying to find out about it for a nostalgic presentation. I even had a copy of it until about 5 years ago. Was a clever little com file, I don't remember anything about it and virus activity. But in those days a virus automatically infected anything executable. I got it about the same time as my first fractal generator. Matt > Dylan Tusler > Acting Data, Development & Integration Manager > ICTS Branch > Sunshine Coast Council > ph: +61 (0)7 5441 8202 mon, thu, fri > ph: +61 (0)7 5420 8002 tue, wed > "Your Technology Solutions Partner" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local > council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if > you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au > <http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/> > > This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named > recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, > distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited > without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender > immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it > from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only > the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast > Regional Council. > maile 3_1_0 > -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
