Re: What was the first Apple computer to have built in audio?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <081120052256238969%nobody@nowhere.com>,
beavis  <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>Your memory's failing you.  The Apple II (except the GS) could only
>play clicks through the speaker, unless you added something like a
>Mockingbird card to it.

You could play lots of things through it, provided you did it all in software.

>To answer your NEW question, the first Apple computer with built-in
>sampled audio *output* was the original Macintosh, introduced in 1984.

Nope, the Apple II had it.  I think the Apple I even had it.  One bit
samples which had to be clocked out in software, granted, but sampled
output nonethelesss.

>None of the above machines could *input* audio without additional
>sampling hardware.

The Apple II could input audio through the cassette input.  One bit
only again.
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