On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:29:54 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sun, 3 Feb 02 22:23:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (howard schwartz) > wrote:
>> I must admit the hardest part for me of abandoning Dos, is losing >> a whole lot of programs I love that will never be ported to Linux, and >> which I will never try to emulate by writing my own source code for. > There's no reason to abandon programs you love. Just keep on > using them! If I could get what I want in DOS, I'd just keep > using DOS. > But look five years down the road when 500 MHz systems with 40 gig > Some people will still use DOS. My brother subscribes to magazine > the extll the virtues of vacuum tube sound equipment and vinyl > recordings. Its a little niche group of diehard enthusiasts. > Very small, but active enough to have magazines and specialty > dealers. > Sam Ewalt Sam; Just a note. The whole reason I am taking computers and electronics at school is to be able to work on musical equipment. Tubes are very much in use in this field, from guitar amps and microphones, to DSP, sound boards and recording gear. To the sensitive and specialized ear of many musicians, the even harmonic sound wave of tube analog is much more pleasant and musical, than the dry, crispy, dead sound of the odd harmonic square wave that digital produces. I could not understand when CD's came out why they had great dynamic bandwidth, but sounded like crap until I understood that little fact. This is especially true for Blues and Rock musicians who use a clipped wave distortion. In most High end musical equipment you will find vacuum tube, linear, and digital electronics all integrated together. Almost any music you hear on the radio or recorded is run thru a tube! Many companies who don't understand this have gone down the tubes. Most high paid professional guitarists are using tube amps. Computers have drastically changed the production and recording of music, but tube technology is advancing rapidly also. Rob: -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
