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Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Nov-2021 19:06:33 UTC Deadly Headshot
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- The Tor Project
@torproject
Does the network still support them though? If so, outdated clients can still use them...

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Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Oct-2021 22:35:24 UTC Deadly Headshot
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- Anatoly Shashkin💾
@dosnostalgic That has a Dangerous Dave feel to it.

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Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 10:51:11 UTC Deadly Headshot
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- Anatoly Shashkin💾
@dosnostalgic Wikipedia seems to list a load: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing#Games
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  Covox Speech Thing
  
  The Covox Speech Thing is an external audio device attached to the computer to output digital sound. It was composed of a primitive 8-bit DAC using a resistor ladder and an analogue signal output, and plugged into the printer port of the PC. The Speech Thing was introduced on December 18, 1987 by Covox, Inc of Eugene, Oregon, for about US$70 (US$79.95 as of 1989), but as its parts were much cheaper than the complete plug, and as its design was fairly simple, people soon started to build their own variants. The plug was used long into the 1990s, as sound cards were still very expensive at that time. The plug was also quite popular in the demoscene. An inherent problem of the design is that it requires very precise resistors. If normal parts are used, the values get shuffled, especially for quiet sounds, resulting in distortion. Nevertheless, the sound quality of the Covox plug is far superior compared to the PC speaker; even today, a self-built Covox plug is still an inexpensive way to give old computers sound capabilities. Commercial products Covox Speech Thing ...
Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Sep-2021 21:58:10 UTC Deadly Headshot
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- Anatoly Shashkin💾
@dosnostalgic I had this as a kid, but it was branded as "Pacman" for some reason, so I grew up thinking that this was what Pacman was!

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