Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!cbosgd!cblpf!dar From: dar@cblpf.ATT.COM (David A. Roth) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: 7300's speaker sounds/beeps/etc Message-ID: <877@cblpf.ATT.COM> Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 16:48:12 EST Article-I.D.: cblpf.877 Posted: Fri Nov 27 16:48:12 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Nov-87 00:34:20 EST Organization: Columbus, Ohio Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.att:1903 A strange thing happened that I can't explain or reproduce. I was using my UNIX-PC in vi and noticed that the 'bells' that sound when you hit the escape key sounded very different. Almost like a buzzer instead of the beep you normally hear. So I got out of vi and did some other things that would make the bell sound and it still sounded strange. I can't recall exactly what I did but the strange sound went away and it returned to normal. All this made my wonder if they speaker in the UNIX-PC was capable of making other sounds other than the beep. I recall being shown how the Burroughs B20 was able to play music and produce synth speech without the aid of a chip to do so. I recall it had something to do with the forming of a wave pattern in 8086 and it would produce any sound you wanted, so I was told. My question is can this be done on the UNIX-PC? If so how and has anyone done it or have an example they could send me. Thanks in advance. AT&T Bell Laboratories David A. Roth Columbus, Ohio uucp: cbosgd!cblpf!dar