"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part.

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"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. - Lemmy.World

IRQ 5, I/O 220, DMA 01 šŸ¤˜šŸ»

I was poor, so mine was typically running the ā€œor SoundBlaster compatibleā€ card.

Ugh…

How did PCs beat out the Amiga, Mac and ST with nonsense like that?

They couldn’t play Doom (until much later). Even to this day, the Amiga ports are lackluster. Hardware wasn’t designed for that kind of game.