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From: 33500911%sdcc13@SDCSVAX.ARPA
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: Re: Tones
Message-ID: <8511070632.AA28978@sdcc13.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 01:32:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 01:32:00 1985
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Reply-To: 33500911@sdcc13.UUCP (Jimmy the Kid)
Organization: U.C. San Diego Beer & Pizza Society

In article <8510311403.AA16037@pesnta.UUCP> writes:

>>In-reply-to: USENET article <8510152232.AA06872@UCB-VAX>
>>
>> ...as Touchtone was designed for ease of listening.
>
> I don't understand what you mean here, exactly... you mean the touchtone
> sounds are supposed to be pleasant?  I always thought the ones that came
> with the messages were more pleasant than the touchtone ones, which sound
> discordant to me.
> --

Would you rather listen to regular old generic MF Tones?  The DTMF
tones are at least harmonically "close" to each other...

					  - Jim Hayes
					  sdcsvax!sdcc13!33500911
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