Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 02:50:58 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
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To: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS Startup logo [brannanp]
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > > On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> Hmmm, we're growing a tree here.
> > > > > > Besides, I kinda like error messages.  Gives my computer personality.
> > > > > Kinda like a crouchy old man?  Grumble, groan, moan, where's this, that
> > > > Heh heh heh..  You just gave me an idea.  I think I might put a
> > > > call to rc.sound earlier in my setup so that I can have any
> > > You're a sadist for making your machine take longer to boot, aren't you.
> > Nope, background processing...
> 
> > The only problem is when more than one sound attempts to play at
> > the same time.  It would be nice if they were mixed.
> 
> You need both a multi voice sound card and software to handle loading the
> sounds into inactive channels for that to happen.

I was thinking more along the lines of software mixing in the
sound driver code.  This could possibly be done outside the
kernel by using a "sound daemon".  The daemon would have a
matching client program that would send a sound file to the
daemon, which would queue it, and mix it into any sounds allready
being played.

I would suspect that it would be very simple to come up with such
a program.

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