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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: converting sound files from sparc -> next
Message-ID: <1455@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 2 Apr 91 03:19:24 GMT
References: <1991Mar24.224638.24597@agate.berkeley.edu> <1443@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Apr1.214220.28587@informix.com>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <1991Apr1.214220.28587@informix.com>
	cortesi@informix.com (David Cortesi) writes:
>If you are quoting Sun correctly, Sun is lying.

I quoted verbatim--cut-and-paste from the nroff'ed man page.

>[crickhollow 106] mv vulcan_mind.au vulcan_mind.snd
>[crickhollow 107] sndplay vulcan_mind.snd
>sndplay : Cannot read soundfile : vulcan_mind.snd

Do you have read access to the file?  (Sorry if I'm asking
something obvious, but you'd be amazed at the stupidity behind
most of the "it doesn't work the way you said" mail I get.)

What does sndinfo report?

Where did you get the sound file, and under which version
of SunOS does it work under?

Why don't you mail me the file instead of just complaining
that it doesn't work?  I'll be happy to look at it.

>you really should test your assertions on the actual software.

I tested every one of Sun's demo sounds, and I assure you that
they were 100% compatible.

					-=EPS=-