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Article #95Re: More Suggestions For Descent
From: SYM... Jim Lowell
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 19:59
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 19:59
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In <eam3-04019...@lit35334.lit.cwru.edu> ea...@po.cwru.edu (EMeyer) writes: > >In article <3echpo$g...@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, SYM...@ix.netcom.com (Jim >Lowell) wrote: > >>> Another wish--a visual indication that a homing missle has lock. >> >> Hey, you gotta get sound man. When a tracking missle is fired at you, >> you hear a Beep-Beep, and as it gets closer to you the thing beeps more >> frequently > > Sorry--I didn't make myself clear. What I meant was that I'd like an >indication that one of my homing missles has a lock on an enemy target. >Whether there is an audible cue for this, there should be a visual cue, >just like the "LOCK" indicator on the panel when an enemy missle has >acquired you. > >>It's too bad you don't have sound... > > I hate the idea of spending MORE money to get what should have been a >basic hardware feature to begin with. > > -EMeyer > >Unstable condition--a symptom of life |Eric A. Meyer (ea...@po.cwru.edu) >In mental and environmental change |Library Information Technologies >Atmospheric disturbance--the feverish flux| Software Support Technician >Of human interface and interchange- (N.P.)|"What do you think, sirs?" -Joel > Yeah, you're right. It would be nice to know that when you fire a homing missle that it's going to hit something. I never thought of that (big surprise). As for the sound, it looks like the PC industry is starting to wake up to the fact that we all want sound. More and more PC's are coming standard with sound these days. - Jim -- -------------------------------------------- Was it Abraham Lincoln who said "Nobody ever became great by belittling the efforts of others"? If so, I guess he never met Rush Limbaugh... --------------------------------------------
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