From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat,  4 Sep 1993 09:04:45 -0400
From: Gary Capell gary@plan9.cs.su.oz.au
Subject: /dev/audio format?
Topicbox-Message-UUID: fd0a7274-eac7-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025
Message-ID: <19930904130445.9KTxROw_o7QW4TWYWbUj-av6ihKHQAjRVOnz8Cnzx7E@z>

Should there be a standard format for files that
can be cat'ed to /dev/audio?

Pros:  it would seem nice to be able to simply
cat file >/dev/audio no matter what terminal I'm using.

Cons:  Picking some standard format locks us in
to either keeping redundant info, or throwing
potentially useful info away, as different machines
have different capabilities (8bit, 16bit, mono/stereo).

Any ideas?

The question is burning as I've got a SPARC and a 486
sitting here which have incompatible /dev/audios, and
that doesn't seem right for Plan 9.