Zane H. Healy wrote:
There are MP3 players for 68k Amiga's?!?!
That's either rather gutsy, or
pathetic, I'm not sure which. What do they do, decode them to another
format and then play them?
My first exposure to MP3 was using an Amiga! They play fine on a 040, though
you have to decrease the quality a bit. The minimum spec for Amiga MP3
players is usually a 030, though I heard one being played on an A1200 020
(full, not EC). It was recognisable, but not something I would enjoy to hear
on a regular basis.
On a related note, I notice that FreeGEM - the open source version of x86
GEM - has gained a MP3 and MIDI player. I'm planning to install it on the
486/33Mhz 4Mb machine I was given. At the moment it makes a brilliant DOS
game
machine - Elite Plus, Xmas Lemmings, and various card games have been
installed on the hard disk. I'm installing an old 20+ disk set of MS
Office as I type this.
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Gareth Knight
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