Subj : Re: Favourite sound chip?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Mar 27 2025 09:42 am

  Re: Re: Favourite sound chip?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Retroswim on Wed Mar 26 2025 08:30 pm

 PF> I've told the story before about a practical joke we played on a QA
 PF> manager at a software company I worked at years back. He was responsible
 PF> for running the lab, this was back in the 486/DOS/SB16 days. No plug and
 PF> play, you had to jumper IRQs and ports.

 PF> He was a bit of a jerk, so the sound guy took his install disks and
 PF> changed the test sounds. Added a stutter, so it sounded like the settings
 PF> were conflicting with other hardware.

 PF> "perperperperforming irrrrrrq testestestestest", sounding like Max
 PF> Headroom.

 PF> So, even when he had the settings right, it sounded wrong.

 PF> We sprung the trap, and after an hour or so, the obscenities got louder
 PF> and louder. We offered to help, swapped the driver disks, and all worked
 PF> as expected. Walked away openly questioning his ability to run a QA lab.

That's pretty good.  :)

Nightfox
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