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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:46:03 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
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Hi!

> > exhausted...)  What sound output device DOESN'T have this much cache?  (You 
> > mentioned USB speakers in your diary at one point, which seemed to be like 
> > those old "paralell port cable plus a few resistors equals sound output" 
> > hacks...)
> 
> Umm no USB audio is rather good. USB sends isosynchronous, time guaranteed
> sample streams down the USB bus, to the speakers where the A to D is clear
> of the machine proper.

Actually usb speakers are *very* sensitive to latency, and when they drop
out,they drop out for half a second...
									Pavel

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