Yeah, I was wondering about that too.  I should think the old 8-bits would be able to play back a digital stream,  but the decoding almost certainly couldn't be done in real-time.  Reminds me of the old days on the Amiga where you had to wait two or three minutes while it decompressed JPGs.


At 06:59 PM 1/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
The sad thing about the article is this line:

"However, the limited sound capabilities of the Atari means the MP3s will
only sound like bells and chirps when played on the computer."

That would refer to the Apple II more than the Atari ;) - it COULD actually
play some music!

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Thanks,
Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Pinal [danp--massmedia.com]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:52 PM
Subject: 'Cuz it's been guiet for a while...

http://www.flamingmailbox.com/maccomedy/articles/020624ipodatari.html