This article describes an interesting do-it-yourself demonstration of the capabilities of RTAI, a real-time Linux add-on. The demo consists of a floppy-booted Linux system that uses an RTAI task to create a radio carrier on which synthesized music is superimposed. The whole thing is done in software!

In this article, Rick Lehrbaum takes you step-by-step through the whole process and provides links to the required software. Are you geek enough to replicate this experiment in your lab, office, or home? Well, are 'ya?

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