Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!ucselx!petunia!news From: gminette@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The Sylver Dragon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple Summary: Shards, I can't belive I'm getting into this. Message-ID: <26fdc9ff.1b88@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 24 Sep 90 08:55:27 GMT References: <9009240703.AA21897@apple.com> Organization: The Muddy Role Players Society Lines: 29 MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET scribbles... > >>As for the sound not being as good, that is an understatement. > >Not hardly. The Amiga supports 4 voice sound (that's pretty good!), has built >in stereo, and from what an IBM exec. told me, it not only has stereo, but 4 >channel stereo... suround sound. This IBM exec told me this while he was >doing some routine Apple bashing, so I take that last part with a grain of >salt. I've also listened to the sound the Amiga puts out and, to say the >least, it's impressive! > The GS has the ability to do 4 channel sound if someone would ever bother to add $10 of hardware to the existing stereo cards. The sound output jack inside the GS has four multiplexed channels of output, so all that would need to be done is to double the stuff on a standard stereo card, and write the software. I hope someone will, as it could be really nice. -The Silver Dragon -AKA Garth Minette -- | _____ The Sylver Dragon, | gminette@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU | | | (_|_ \ Garth Minette: |prefer^ @nemesis.CalPoly.EDU | }>=:) | | __|_)_/ Rampant McCaffreyite | @fubarsys.slo.ca.us | Dragon Smiley | | DragonRider at heart | "Support your local dragon!" | |