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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
- Message-ID: <exuptr.409.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 22:51:27 GMT
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- In article <jbickers.0l2u@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
- >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:
-
- >> >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
-
- > ...
-
- >> >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.
-
- > ...
-
- >> Oops, wrong again, honey. PC's can do sound through the built-in speaker.
-
- > ...
-
- >> Anyway, if I want good sound, I'll buy multimedia. Can't beat that, can you?
-
- > I don't see why you said "wrong again". You are just backing up
- > what he said with this last line of yours.
-
- Because he was wrong. A PC with a speaker can do a whole lot more than
- beep. Programs written that way are just dumb programs.
-
- > 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.
-
- And you don't on a PC, either. Unless you include STEREO in your definition
- of good. Frankly, I don't really care if it's a standard feature or not.
- He was just making an incorrect statement. And Amiga cannot beat multimedia
- out of the box. I don't think so. At least not by my standards of what
- good audio is.
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