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- Wavy Data
- Upon first observation, oscilloscopes seems a bit ho-hum. After all,
- devices that graphically represent electrical waveforms on a display
- screen tend to fall a bit short on the sex appeal scale. But if you
- spend some time exploring the ways high-end oscilloscopes can visualize
- data, you may start to think the machines are on drugs . . .
- Cthugha 5.1, an oscilloscope program for PC sound cards, has tuned in,
- turned on, and decidedly dropped out from the humdrum world of scientific
- analog signal processing. The product of Australian code jock Kevin
- "Zaph" Burfitt, Cthugha takes your sound card's CD, line, or microphone
- input and displays it as a swirling, hypnotic, 256-color confection for
- your eyes. Although Cthugha currently requires MS-DOS, a VGA monitor, and
- a Sound Blaster or Gravis UltraSound sound card, the complete C source
- code is part of the package, so you can port it, if you're so inclined.
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- HotWired - March 1995
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