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In message , thanatoid
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
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SNIP

more it's-amazing-it-works-at-all rather than much cop.

"Much cop"... Is this a Brit expression I am unfamiliar with?
Please clarify.


Sorry, I hadn't realised it might be Brit only - if indeed it is.
Actually, I've only ever seen it in the negative - "not much cop";
Chambers doesn't define it. A Google search finds plenty of examples,
and the following two definitions
http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...+much+cop.html
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+much+cop
, but they don't explain its origin. Including "not" in the search also
throws up
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/207.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/cop

Anyway - the old
play-sound-files-through-the-internal-speaker-when-there's-no-sound-card
routines weren't very good, though startling to hear when you'd only
ever heard it make beeps and clicks before. But AFAIK, nobody ever made
them work even under '9x, let alone XP, as sound cards had become almost
a default option, and also they required pretty full use of the
processor, which the GUIs are reluctant to give up.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

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