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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list, and more!
Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 07:46:34 BST