Re: Question about Commodore64 and Apple II

[Jeff Lodoen <jmlodoen@thegrid.net>]

Lockar <lockar@locutus.DOTorg> wrote in news:090320050552040293%
lockar@locutus.DOTorg:

> 
>       Okay, here is a really dumb question. 
> 
>          Did the Commodore 64 have a better sound chip in it then the
> Apple II did?  I remember a friend of mind telling me his copy of Beach
> Head (Commodore 64) was better then mine (Apple II) because his talked
> and mine didn't.  It just had sounds.

Apple II had no sound chip. Access to a particular register would
cause the speaker to click. The faster the clicks the higher
the pitch.

Digitized sound is possible, but difficult in an action game.