Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!!

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:43:32 -0700 (PDT)

> I should have written PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio). The
> absolute value of the peak signal is 2^15. Well, you'll find both
> SNR and PSNR in various CD manuals. So either 96 or 90 dB.

Gotcha. I still think the conventional SNR makes more sense; after
all a 1-bit DAC still provides some signal, but per your definition of
the PSNR it would have a 0 dB noise margin, and a total data loss (0
bits) would have negative...

-hpa

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