[rescue] SGI Indigo 2: Subtle Differences

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 01:46 PM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Yet, there is a difference.  The old machine, when started, plays a 
> nice
> arpeggio.  It's clearly MIDI, and, while better than nothing, it's a 
> bit
> cheesy-sounding.  The new one plays the same notes, but sounds like an
> actual piano.  What gives?  Is this a setting, or is it indicative of 
> some
> actual difference in the machines?

   Uhh, there's nothing even remotely MIDI-related here.  The sound (in 
all of these machines) is a sample stored in the ROM.

        -Dave

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