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- Subject: Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0l2u@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Date: 12 Dec 92 16:12:55 PST
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- References: <1f06vsINNnht@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <ByBGAK.2ws@newcastle.ac.uk>
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- <sheldon.723312917@pv1417.vincent.iastate.edu> <marc.00l2@aargh.adsp.sub.org><exuptr.324.723919845@exu.ericsson.se>
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- Quoted from <exuptr.324.723919845@exu.ericsson.se> by exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor):
- > In article <marc.00l2@aargh.adsp.sub.org> marc@aargh.adsp.sub.org (Marc Heuler) writes:
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- > >b) The simple 4-channel 8-bit stereo sound of the Amiga is a STANDARD
- > >feature of Amiga, NOT add-on. Every program that wants to beep, play
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- ...
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- > >On IBM many programs just beep and don't do anything else, because then,
- > >and only then they can be sure the sound is playing on every IBM.
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- ...
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- > Oops, wrong again, honey. PC's can do sound through the built-in speaker.
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- ...
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- > Anyway, if I want good sound, I'll buy multimedia. Can't beat that, can you?
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- I don't see why you said "wrong again". You are just backing up
- what he said with this last line of yours.
-
- And it can easily be beaten - every time some machine/machine
- thing comes up people make a fuss over whether it's a standard
- feature or not. And you don't need to buy an extra device to get
- good sound (for MODs or other personal entertainment purposes) on
- an Amiga.
-
- > - Patrick Taylor, Ericsson Network Systems
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