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From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Displaybeep and Unix... this was originally in c.s.a.tech
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Date: 26 Nov 90 22:10:56 GMT
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In article <9011220147.AA17409@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 
91_bickingd@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Bicking, David") writes:
> >Speaking of 2.0, I really really dislike the new DisplayBeep (it now 
flashes
> >Color 0 into Color 1 instead of inverting the palette), because it 
makes all
> >my text windows turn black. My wife finds it particularly distracting. 
Please
> >change it back before you burn ROMs. Please.
> 
>         Even better:  (if it hasn't already been done) Why not make the 
beep be
> whatever sound the end-user wants?  I have a pd program calld Playbeep, 
and it
> allows me to use any IFF sound file as a beep (yes, even long songs, but 
I'm
> not insane).  The only problem is that it doesn't handle stereo sounds 
and it
> probably won't work in WB 2.0.  Why not supply the OPTION of designating 
some
> IFF sound as a beep?  It's a little thing, but I think it is very 
important
> (details are more important than one might think)
> 

      I couldn't agree more ... or what about just a small sound of a few 
bytes too ? (simple beep). The Amiga is suposed to have good sound 
possibilites, but it's the only computer who doesn't make any sound when 
running (any sound from the speaker, exept for that, A500 have their 
floppies, and A2000 have their fans (-:). Even the ST is able to do a 
small 'ping' as a beep.

     That wouldn't be a big change, you could even take ideas from the 
Macintosh. What about being able to choose a IFF sound from the 
preferences ? (and/or have a couple of pre-defined sounds like a 'boing!' 
for example). And being able to select the sound level, and if you select 
a sound level of 0, heres goes the old flash. You know the story.... 

         JNM

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