[Coco] Re: 8-Bit Microcomputers

[Torsten Dittel]

> Another advantage of the Coco over any other 8-bit home computer was its D-A
> converter, which allowed it to play any sound that could be digitized and
> stored in ROM or RAM.  The Atari and C=64 had nice little music synth chips (3
> part harmony plus percussion noises), but couldn't say "We got choo!".

Yes it could using the volume registers (I guess 5 Bit only, not 6 like
the CoCo) and a rectangle waveform with frequency zero. But I guess the
Commie users nerver knew how a DA conversion worked in hardware, I for
myself could se the resistance network on my CoCo's motherboard... ;-)

Torsten