Back in my day, that used to be the only way a computer could produce sound. Later on you could purchase a specialized sound card that would take up a slot in your motherboard.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought I was the cool kid when I got my SoundBlaster 16!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

The anticipation as you figure out a new IRQ and DMA configuration so you could play with your new toy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

My dad used to disable the motherboard speaker because the noises games made back then were more annoying than fun. We eventually got a soundcard, and that was awesome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Damn, I feel old now....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

And you could plug in your joystick into the soundcard, because where else would you put joystick, right? Perfectly logical.