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+README for the AIFF files:
+
+These files are sound files for the instruments in NetHack.
+There are 11 sounds, one for each distinct instrument.
+The sounds are in 8-bit 22kHz AIFF format, which should be
+readable by a broad range of platforms. Since the sounds
+came from Rolands S-750 sample library (most of them) there
+should be no copyright on them when we treat them like we
+do here (as instruments) - indeed, the sample library I
+got from Roland didn't even bear a (c) symbol.
+
+Some of the sounds are very adequate (Drum of Earthquake,
+Wooden Flute, Magic Harp) while some are less true to the
+original name (how does a Frost Horn sound?) Actually, I
+don't know what a Bugle is (Bugle horn?) so I took a trumpet
+sound for that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
+
+What does this have to do with the main code? Well, nothing
+so far. There are some places that are #ifdef MAC and calls
+mac_speaker; that function takes an object and a tune (in
+capital letters A-G) and plays the tune with the given
+instrument. When playing a specific tune, that tune is of
+course used. For "improvise," I use middle "C."
+
+Ideally, we should do something equal with sound that we
+have with displays, so we can use one common set of calls
+in the main code, and have ports do whatever seems appropriate
+for the available hardware.
+
+Any comment on the sounds or their use is welcome:
+
+						Jon W{tte
+						Mac Team
+						nethack-bugs@nethack.org