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400k bps?

calculate it out!  (cpu mhz & cycles/driver call)

off the top of my head, i'd say a 386 would struggle, and could
probably not handle more than one stream at peak speed ...

also, it depends on other associated driver calls (ie, video, etc)
and running processes.