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From: heathh@piglet (Heath Ian Hunnicutt)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: speaker silencers?
Message-ID: <1991May2.181604.4806@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 18:16:04 GMT
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In article <1991Apr29.081704.6199@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ftw33616@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  
(The great goofy one) writes:
> Hi... 
> I am in search of a program to silence my speaker...

Don't use a program -- none of them can really shut your speaker up.  Instead,  
if you are "lucky" enough to have one of those stupid key-lock switches  
installed on your machine, you can make it into a speaker switch rather easily.
			1) Find where it (the switch) connects to the motherboard and disconnect it.
						Experiment with wether the motherboard contacts need to be shorted
 					together or left open (most likely left open) for you to boot up.
	
			2) Cut one of the speaker's wires and run it through the key-lock switch.

			Suggestion:  Some switches give you the option of which switch terminal to
		 connect to.  On my computer, the closed lock positionindicates closed 
			circuit, or 'sound on'.

> I use silence 1.0, and it really does a poor job on most games.
> Is there a newer version?  (the one I have is 1985 version)
> or are there better ones?

For a game to produce anything better than poor sound, it must bypass all  
software and go right to the speaker control chip's I/O lines.  Unfortunately,  
there is inherently no way to block this.

> Also, is there a way to shut off the two beeps that 4dos makes when it
> loads?  It would be nice when I get on late at night... those 2 beeps seem 
> loud enough to wake the dead when I turn on the computer at 2 am...

Yes, register your copy of 4DOS.  :-)

Heath Hunnicutt
heathh@pooh.cco.caltech.edu