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There are many different ways to listen to sounds on your Macintosh
, but we list here the version that appears to be the
simplest. 

There are two steps involved:

   1) convert the original .au file into a Macintosh .aiff file
   2) play the .aiff file on the Macintosh.

To convert the file, you can do so on a Sparcstation or other large
machine using the Sound Exchange (SoX) program.  Or, you can do the
same conversion on your Macintosh using UUTool (retrieval instructions
at the end of this message).

AudioShop distributes a demo version of their program that can play
.aiff files.  Simply load the file and play it.  AudioShop does not
require System 7 so should work on most Macintosh systems.  (Provided
that you have enough disk space.  ;-)

UUTool is available in the /util/compression directory on the host
mac.archive.umich.edu.  The files on mac.archie are also mirrored in
the following places:

   wuarchive.wustl.edu in the directory  mirrors/archive.umich.edu/mac,
   src.doc.ic.ac.uk    in the directory  packages/mac/umich,
   archie.au           in the directory  micros/mac/umich.

The AudioShop Demo is available in the mac/sound/soundutil directory
on mac.archive.umich.edu and is also mirrored on the other hosts.

Note that there are many other ways to get the files played on a Mac:
after all, this is just data.  For example, you can use utilities like
SoundToMovie to import an AIFF file into a QuickTime movie.
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