Hi Alan!

<shame-faced>  Yup, you were right.  Pat Caudill sent me a similar note,
but I only checked that the machine wasn't going into sleep mode.  I hadn't
checked the Processor Cycling check box.  Now, even with Kensington
MouseWorks software on, sound in Squeak is great.

Sorry for the false alarm!

Mark

>Mark --
>
>It's very likely that you have processor cycling on (to save battery
>drain). Go to your Energy Saver control panel and turn it off for both
>battery and power supply. Things should then work fine.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alan
>
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>
>At 1:33 PM -0000 10/12/98, Mark Guzdial wrote:
>>I've been having a weird problem on my G3 Powerbook that sound playback in
>>Squeak was significantly WORSE than on any other machine I use.  On a
>>variety of MIDI files and even on "AbstractSound stereoBachFugue play," I
>>was treated to a medley of clicks and distortions.
>>
>>While trying to debug it yet again yesterday, I happened to hit my
>>Kensington Orbit trackball while it was playing -- and POOF! the distortion
>>disappeared.  I found that as long as I moved the trackball, sound playback
>>was fine!  I then restarted without the Kensington Mouseworks software, and
>>sound is great again in Squeak.
>>
>>I guess that the MouseWorks software must gobble CPU cycles when the mouse
>>is idle, and that's what was ruining sound playback.  FYI.
>>
>>Mark
>>
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>>Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>>(404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
>>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html


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Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
(404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html