Subj : Re: Favourite sound chip?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : mary4
Date : Sun Mar 30 2025 11:58 am

 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> 
 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
 pF> settings were conflicting with other hardware.
 pF> 
 pF> "perperperperforming irrrrrrq testestestestest", sounding like Max
 pF> Headroom.
 pF> 
 pF> So, even when he had the settings right, it sounded wrong.
 pF> 
 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.
 pF> 
 pF> Aside: These were fun days - software companies traded titles to make
 pF> sure everything worked with them, so tech support/qa had hundreds of
 pF> software titles you could install and play with. And, they all had our
 pF> software in return.
 pF> 
 pF> 
 pF>  
lol  nice story! <3

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