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From: ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Quality of PCs
Keywords: samples, sound, IBM-PC, Amiga
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Date: 27 Jun 90 04:36:34 GMT
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In <923@gistdev.gist.com> flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes:


>The sound quality is lousy because the speakers are lousy.  It amazes me
>that PCs costing thousands of dollars still have $2 speakers in them.
>No new invention is necessary, people just need to start demanding that
>they get decent speakers.

Don't hold your breath!

While we're on the subject, I gotta bitch about AT "real time clocks".
Why are we stuck with clocks that are less accurate than a $10
wristwatch?  And who dreamed up the stupid term "real time clock"?
That's like saying "picture television"!