PC speaker

PC speaker
Dynamic speaker with 4-pin connector
Date invented1981
Invented byIBM
Connects toMotherboard
Useloudspeaker built into most IBM PC compatible computers
Common manufacturersseveral

A PC speaker is a loudspeaker built into some IBM PC compatible computers. The first IBM Personal Computer, model 5150, employed a standard 2.25 inch magnetic driven (dynamic) speaker. More recent computers use a tiny moving-iron or piezo speaker instead. The speaker allows software and firmware to provide auditory feedback to a user, such as to report a hardware fault. A PC speaker generates waveforms using the programmable interval timer, an Intel 8253 or 8254 chip.

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