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Charles Petzold Quotes
Charles Petzold Quotes
Charles Petzold
American
Businessman
Born:
Feb 2
,
1953
Always
Because
Cases
Different
Time
Which
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I really liked figuring things out on my own. Early on in the development of a new version of Windows, I would explore it, I would try out various things, I would see what worked, I would see what didn't work.
Charles Petzold
Work
Try
Own
Out
Would
See
Windows
My Own
Various
Development
New
Liked
Version
Worked
Really
Explore
Figuring
Things
Early
I started out with machine code and assembly language.
Charles Petzold
Language
Machine
Out
Assembly
Code
Started
Some programs - especially games - require that your system be set to a particular color depth and resolution. Often such special settings are different from your usual mode, though.
Charles Petzold
Programs
Settings
Though
System
Some
Color
Particular
Mode
Often
Different
Depth
Require
Your
Games
Special
Usual
Set
Resolution
A MIDI file contains coded instructions to play a particular series of notes on an electronic music synthesizer. A MIDI file is more like a piano roll in a player piano than any type of sound recording.
Charles Petzold
Music
Recording
Type
Synthesizer
More
Piano
Contains
Particular
Like
Instructions
Sound
Than
Roll
Any
Notes
Electronic
File
Electronic Music
Series
Play
Player
All modern MIDI synthesizers are capable of polyphony, which means they can play more than one note at a time and more than one instrument at a time.
Charles Petzold
Time
More
Instrument
Than
Modern
Which
Note
Capable
Means
Play
MIDI made a natural transition to the PC. The MIDI messages that make up a musical composition can be saved as MIDI files, which are collections of MIDI messages with timing information.
Charles Petzold
Natural
Made
Timing
Saved
Musical
Collections
Composition
Messages
Make
Make Up
Up
Information
Which
Transition
Files
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