Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 17:57:17

  Re: Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
  By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Mar 02 2023 09:40 am

 PF>> My XT had jumpers on the motherboard to control what drievs were
 PF>> present in the system. Jumpers on the IO card controlled the port
 PF>> config. 

I worked at a software company back in the '90s. One of my friends, the audio guy at the company, and I decided to play a trick on the lab manager, who was overdue for payback.

We took the soundblaster setup disk from his desk and modified the sound files used by the installer, Now they played:

"per-per-per-forforforming IRQQQQQ test..."

Then, we put it back on his desk.

He spent 30 minutes trying to get a soundblaster working on a test box - of course it worked fine, and played the jittered-up audio file perfectly. After he stormed out to get a smoke, we swapped the disk. with a clean one.
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