Are You Getting the Music??

    
A NOTE ABOUT THE MUSIC:

Music is the BEST vehicle to take you back in time, especially our music. So to enhance your enjoyment, this site makes extensive  use of memorable music the was painstakingly selected to coordinate with the various themes on most of its pages.

The music files are rather large and take longer to load than the image files.  If you do not have a high-speed, broadband internet connection, they will likely break up the first time through, but once downloaded, depending upon how it is set up, your computer will store them on your hard drive for a while, and they will load faster.  These songs are worth waiting for.  So be patient.

The pages with music are marked in the upper left corner with the musical note symbol that you see on this page,  So if you see that symbol, wait for the music. If you know you have a sound card installed and speakers, make sure the volume is turned up.  (There should a little speaker icon in the "SYSTRAY" in the lower right corner of the screen, double click on it,)  If you still can't hear the music, try clicking the "refresh" button ("reload" if you are using Netscape), and if that doesn't work, follow the numbered instructions below.

Remember, if you can't hear the music, then you are truly MISSING THE BOAT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have not yet been able to enjoy the the music on our class site, you should do something about it because you are missing the single feature that will most magically bring back good memories and enrich the nostalgic experience it was intended to give you.  In its precious few words, a song says best what most of us feel but cannot express.

So try the following tips:

1.  Make sure you have a compatible sound card installed with speakers, that the volume is turned on and that your internet settings in Windows have enabled sound (Start / Settings / Control Panel / Internet Properties / Advanced). 

2.  You need to know that most of the music is in .mp3 files.  If you have a very old browser (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape), it's time to upgrade it.  Go to the supplier's website (e.g.,  www.microsoft.com or www.netscape.com) for information about downloading upgrades. They're usually free unless your old browser is so old, it is no longer supported.

3.  To play  the .mp3 sound files, you need a fairly current version of Windows Media Player or RealPlayer (see last paragraph of section 3) for your system.  The appropriate version of Windows Media Player (use 6.4 for Windows 95 or NT4, 7 or higher for Windows 98 or 2000 and 9 or higher for Windows XP) can be downloaded free from Microsoft at www.microsoft.com.  If  the sound still doesn't load, open Windows Media Player, and go to Tools / Options / Formats, and make sure that mp3 is checked.  If not, check it, press Apply, and then refresh (or reload) the webpage.

Some versions of Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later, require that you download and  install a plug-in (click for the plug-in) to use Windows Media Player.  Install the plug-in AFTER you install the Player.  

RealPlayer can be downloaded (also free for a "Basic" version) from www.real.com.  These downloads will take some time. The RealPlayer may load the music files a little faster and smoother than Windows Media Player, but the "looping" (continuous play) feature will not function on RealPlayer.   So take your choice.  And make sure your default audio player is set for the one you choose.  This usually is set when you download.  But if not,  open it, and go to View / Preferences / Upgrade / Media Types.  

4.   If you have an older 28K modem, you'll never hear the music; it is time to upgrade.  Even with the 56K modem (only about $100), the music files may take 2-3 minutes to download and will start and stop playing several times during that period the first time (until they are stored in your computer's cache ― see no. 5, below).  If you want really great performance (about 100 times the speed of a 56K), get a wonderful, but a little expensive, DSL ethernet or cable modem.  When everything is set up right, the music will be there for you ― right on cue!!  If not, see 5, below.

5.  Sometimes, if the sound file doesn't load, it will if you press the Refresh (or Reload) button in the tool bar at the top, and try again once or twice.  (Once it is automatically stored in your Temporary Internet Files or "cache," this usually won't be necessary except if you periodically clean them out.)  You may want to expand the space on your hard drive allocated to the Temporary Internet Files to about 200 MB.  This can be done by accessing Tools / Internet Options while you are in your browser.

6.  If you are unable to do the foregoing, or if you did it and it still doesn't work, I have no idea what to tell you except rent a teenager ― they know everything!

"All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more."

― The Carpenters, 1973

 

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