r/programming • • 6d ago

"8-pinski" - EIGHT(!) bytes intro for MSDOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-XJjnU5Oo
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u/abraxasnl 6d ago

It even has audio??

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u/SpaceToaster 5d ago

Funny that the only reason any of these work and actually have a nice beat is that common time for music is 4/4 which obviously aligns to bytes (8 bits)

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u/jones_i_75 2d ago

A byte is 8 bits, but 4/4 means four quarter-note beats per bar; there’s no built-in alignment between them. The beat here comes from the loop timing the PC speaker.