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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 126


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 A few observations
	 Real Audio
	 inside out recordings
	 The Lodger
	 Hopalong Cassidy Rides Yet
	 Re:The Lodger
	
	 Re: The Lodger
	 Re: Directions
	 Ovaltine/Edison discs/Beta VCR
	 Re: "The Lodger" on radio
	 RHAC
	 Re: DON STRONG/OVALTINE
	 Re: THE LODGER
	 Re: STARTING A COLLECTION
	 ETs / Corwin

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:56:03 -0500
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: A few observations
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

At times this place seems more like the Nostalgia Digest than the OTR
digest. The seemingly endless Ovaltine thread, cylinders, vertical,
horizontal, disks and whatnot. Most marvelous of all, another EC Comic
{Gasp, Choke!) fan. I thought I was the only one here that remebered those
four-color jewels. Easy for me though, I have a complete collection of 'em.

What's nice is that there's even some OTR scattered about the digest. "The
Lodger" talk, Corwin (who doesn't interest me), the upcoming Cincinnati
Con (which I'll miss again), Captain Midnight (great fun when I was a kid
and still is). How come nobody's mentioned CM's terrific opening? One of the
best in radio. Guaranteed to catch the attention of every red-blooded
American boy.

One aside. Beta ain't quite dead. I got three of them running all the time.
They're there if you are still interested in the best quality. Everything
I tape off cable (AMC, TCM, etc.) is stored on Beta. My lone VHS machine is
for playback only. Even then I have Beta tapes that someone made for me in
their living room that play better than the same thing in VHS bought in a
store.

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:58:35 -0500
From: AndersonCK@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Real Audio
Message-ID: <960405095833_463008773@[removed]>

For those who might be interested, the [removed] version of the Real Audio player
has moved from beta test to final version.  You can d/l this from their
website at:        [removed]

You do have to give them your e-mail address, name, and identify the os that
you're using.  The Win95 32-bit version that I just d/l was about 500k.  This
is freeware for your personal use.

While I'm not all that pleased with the RealAudio compression/sampling on
sound files, apparently theirs (or several of their competitors) is the
methodology  that will become commonplace on the INet.  On the positive side,
RA does save a bunch of hard disk space (over .wav files) at the website ...
 live streaming  of the sound files (at least at [removed] speed) can be
accomplished  because the sound has been compressed into smaller file sizes
... and of course, d/l an .ra file is definitely quicker than a .wav file.  I
just wish the sound quality was better.   

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:16:41 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: inside out recordings
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Thanks to Ken Piletic for a good discussion of vertical
recording.
