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From: iddos@TAURUS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Installbeep ideas
Message-ID: <1062@taurus.BITNET>
Date: 30 Jul 89 21:02:36 GMT
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In article <1053@taurus.BITNET> asaph@libra.UUCP (Zemach Asaph) writes:
[re: proposals for additions to playbeep]

>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.

3) Run amigabasic. Type CR at the editor's last line. This produces a
   normal beep and crashes the system. Amaze your friends.

>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.

Isn't that too extreme? Mac users have this beep utility built in their
system. They like it, I guess.
I wonder what people use as their beep? My beep is in too bad a taste to
be desribed here.

Ido (The ID) Amin - iddos.taurus.BITNET

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