What is the _REAL_ SunSparc1 sound-format?!?

[franck boissiere]

>From article <8823 at brazos.Rice.edu>, by andrew at ambra.dk (Leif Andrew Rump):
> 
> main()
> {
>   char	tmp;
> 
>   while ((tmp = getchar()) != EOF)
>     printf("%c", (tmp < 0) ? tmp : 128 - tmp);
> }
> 
> I don't understand the: (tmp < 0) ? 128 - tmp : tmp; part. If I don't do

You'd better use bit masks rather than arithmetics. tmp & 128 means
something (i.e. the eighth bit  is set) and tmp & 127 means only the seven
first bits are meaningful

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