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Sound Blaster: How the PC got its voice

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In this segment of Retro Reverie we revisit the age of bleeps and bloops and watch PC sound evolve into the seamless technology that it is today.

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References:
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2...
https://www.pcmag.com/news/whensound...
https://tubetime.us/index.php/2019/01...
https://tubetime.us/index.php/2019/01...
https://hackaday.com/tag/opl2/
https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/sb_s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativ...
https://tedium.co/2018/05/10/soundbl...
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/articled...

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