On 5/6/2010 12:59 AM, Teo Zenios wrote:
Interesting, I was under the impression that a real soundblaster (even
an MCA one) would work fine for gaming. Is there an issue with the CPU
used or something? Why do people blow big bucks to have a soundcard they
cannot use well?
Interrupt programming IIRC. I'm not an expert on why/how MCA differed
from ISA from a programming perspective.
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