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- PROGRAM: REBEEP.COM
-
- GENERAL FUNCTION: Uses continual beeps to summon a person to the computer.
-
- WHY IS IT NEEDED? So that persons do not have to sit in front of the
- computer just to wait until they are needed, but can instead do things
- elsewhere and still know as soon as the computer is ready for them.
- Often the operator leaves the computer when a program takes a long time to
- run, but wants to know as soon as it is done. Or sometimes part of a job
- can run unattended, but another part needs operator input.
-
- INSTALLATION: none
-
- FORMAT: REBEEP
-
- EXAMPLES: none
-
- HOW TO USE IT: Put this program in a batch file wherever you want
- the computer to let you know that you are wanted back at the
- computer. REBEEP continually beeps until a key is pressed. It uses
- a short double beep, and puts up the message to press any key to continue.
- Functionally it is just a noisy version of the DOS batch command PAUSE.
- Since the only way to stop it is to press a key, the computer in
- effect uses sound to summon an operator. This way you can leave the
- computer to do other things and not have to keep checking back,
- provided you stay within earshot.
-
- OTHER EFFECTS: none
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Works with all versions of DOS.
-
- COMMENTS: Other programs that make sounds to signal events,
- such as TUNE.COM and SOUND.COM, make a sound only for a limited
- time and therefore the absent operator might fail to hear them.
- REBEEP continues to beep until a key is pressed.
- Program was originally called SIGNAL.COM but this fails to
- distinguish it from other sound programs.
-
- SOURCE OF PROGRAM: Martin Kelinsky. Published in PCWORLD, October 84,
- p. 264,265. Message program puts on screen was modified by Ken Goosens.