[rescue] Sparc Classic

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

> IIRC I tried to use mpg123|sox|auplay to play a 128kbit Internet stream
> (www.kpig.com) on my SS20 clone, but the result was far less
> satisfactory than doing the same on my P-II 300MHz server.  I've not
> tried mpg123 with built-in NAS support, though I might do that right as
> soon as NAS and mpg123 re-build on that machine....

> I.e. even the ss20 didn't have enough floating-point speed to do the job.

What OS and how did you compile mpg123?

Linux has horrible latency for a lot of things.  And sparc audio
requires a lot of handholding by the OS.  Skipping might make it
seem like the machine can't keep up FP-wise, but it's more likely
to be the OS can't keep the sound chip fed.

--Kurt