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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Subject: Re: Sound chip in IIvx is a drawback to machine
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.041554.5451@netcom.com>
- Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
- References: <Bwr5GJ.Dx1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov9.034100.19658@cc.umontreal.ca> <1989@intermec.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:15:54 GMT
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- howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696) writes:
- >
- >I am looking at the two page Apple ad for the vx. To quote "to take full
- >advantage of the STEREO-OUT sound capabilites, plug in your own pair of
- >self-powered speakers - and get the most out of ththis great multimedia
- >Macintosh."
- >
- >I have no problem with not being able to get at the digital stream (for
- >software manipulation) coming from the CD (audio or CD ROM), but I sure would
- >expect the sound to play stereo. Anyone out there have a vx that can confirm
- >what is really in the beast?
-
- Yup. The ad is misleading. The headphone jack in the back of the
- machine is stereo, all right, and will separate stereo CD's properly
- -- but the sound chip inside the machine is only capable of mono sound
- (for example, when you run SoundTracker, the "Stereo" button is greyed out).
-
- --
- _/_/_/ Brian Kendig Je ne suis fait comme aucun
- _/_/ bskendig@netcom.com de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
- _/ n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
- Nolite te bastardes Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
- carborundorum. -- Rousseau
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