> On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > >> On Sep 23, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Raglan T. Tiger <r...@crusaderrabbit.net >> <mailto:r...@crusaderrabbit.net>> wrote: >> >> I want code that is this simple on Windows: >> >> DWORD freq = 587; >> if(!something) freq = 659; >> if(another) freq = 523; >> Beep(freq, 150); > > No, there’s no simple API for this. This API in Windows is a relic of the > early PC days when getting any kind of audio out was amazing, even if it was > crap square-waves. I remember demos on the Apple II that would use APIs like > this to play “Happy Birthday” or something. > > (It’s kind of like you’re asking “where’s the Cocoa API to fill the whole > screen with red”.)
The original Mac had an API just like that, actually, way back in the 80s. It stopped working sometime in the 90s, though; I think the original black-and-white models actually had a separate piece of hardware for generating waveforms, and they stopped including it somewhere in the 68020/68030 era. Pretty annoying as a kid when the family computer got upgraded and suddenly the sound on my games wouldn’t play anymore. :-) Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
