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From: granteri@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Grant Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Visual Bell
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Date: 16 Jul 90 02:45:01 GMT
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prism@chinet.chi.il.us (PRISM Interactive Products) writes:
>
>
>Recently, my IIci started giving me a visual indication for the bell.  The
>menu bar now blinks whenever the bell would normally sound.  Occasionally
>it will revert to the old mode and I will have an audible bell, and then
>when powering up at some later time it's magically a visual bell.  I prefer
>the visual bell and was wondering what causes this and what I can do to
>keep it this way.  
>
>
>					Thanks for any help,
>
>					Bob Dyas
>					PRISM Interactive Products

The thing which is most likely causing this, is you volume setting in the
Control Panel. When set to a value of 1-7 you hear an audible tone for beeps
with increasing levels of volume. However, if it is set to zero, the Mac
flashes the menu bar in order to get your attention. 

If you are running SuperClock!, there is a command for the Alarm and the Chime
 settings that allow you to have the menu bar flash when the alarm goes off,
or when an hour mark is reached. 

Hope these suggestions help you out, if not, please reply and I will think up
yet another solution.

Grant Erickson

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