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From: asaph@TAURUS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Installbeep ideas
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Date: 20 Jul 89 11:01:21 GMT
References: <19643@louie.udel.EDU>
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In article <19643@louie.udel.EDU> STU00@vx.acss.umn.edu (Stuart Stanley) writes:
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>Hello all,
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>    After playing with installbeep last night, (Very impressive) I think
>I figured out an addition that might be, er, fun.  Here it is:
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installbeep has a bug. It crashes the machine when too many sounds are queued
up to be played. To cause this bug, simply force to produce alot more sounds
then there are channels available. 2 ways to do this:
first installbeep
1) at the cshell prompt type cat <CR>, then hit ^G many times fast - bang!
2) with your favorate editor create a file that has mostly ^G in it and type
it to the screen - bang.

Other then this, it is a fun program, as for the poster's suggestions I have
only this to say - a with all small, fun, utility programs serious thought
must be given to commparing usefulness to codesize. IMHO, a utility like
this that takes more then ~10k is just too big to enjoy, as anything other
then a run-once oddity.
                                        asaph
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