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- M U T E
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- v 1.0
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- Copyright 1994 Vincent Penquerc'h
- All Rights Reserved
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- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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- THE AUTHOR WILL REFER TO VINCENT PENQUERC'H.
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- THE PROGRAM WILL REFER TO MUTE, INCLUDING THE PROGRAM ITSELF, ITS
- DOCUMENTATION, AND ANY FILE IN THE ORIGINAL POWER BATCH PACKAGE.
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- THE AUTHOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS PROGRAM,
- WHENEVER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION ANY
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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- THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
- INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES DUE TO LOSS OF DATA, DAMAGE OF HARDWARE OR
- ANY OTHER REASON, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.
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- THIS PROGRAM AND DOCUMENTATION ARE RELEASED "AS IS" AS SHAREWARE. IT IS
- COPYRIGHTED BY THE AUTHOR, AND ALL RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP ARE KEPT WITH THE
- AUTHOR. YOU MAY USE IT, COPY IT, AND GIVE IT TO ANYBODY AS LONG AS NO
- MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE.
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- PROGRAM AND DOCUMENTATION COPYRIGHT 1994 VINCENT 'INDY' PENQUERC'H, ALL
- RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- ALL QUOTED PRODUCT AND COMPANY NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
- OWNERS.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- 1. What is Mute ?
- 2. System requirements
- 3. Command line options
- 4. Contacting the author
- 6. Revision history
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- 1. What is Mute ?
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- Mute is a small TSR that, once it is installed in memory, will
- continuously scan the PC Speaker and reset it to 'No Sound' state.
- This will prevent unwanted beeps from disturbing everyone in the
- area. However, digital music played thru the PC Speaker will not
- be affected by Mute (or by an extremely small amount that usually
- produces no difference with the original sound). This ability makes
- Mute a handy utility at work and at home.
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- 2. System requirements
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- To use Mute, you will need a 8088 based PC, DOS 2.0 or higher.
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- 3. Command line options
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- All Mute's switches are case independant, you can use indiferently
- uppercase and lowercase characters.
- For an overview of all available options, use the 'H' switch or '?':
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- MUTE -H
- MUTE -?
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- To unload Mute from memory, use the 'U' switch:
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- MUTE -U
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- If Mute can't uninstall itself from memory, it will write a message
- explaining it. If there is another program that hooked some interrupts
- Mute previously hooked, it will warn you so you can unsinstall this
- program first.
- If Mute's default muting factor is too slow for your computer (ie if
- your hear beeps while Mute is resident) or if you want Mute to
- activate less often, use the 'F' switch followed by a number that
- represents the speed Mute will check the PC Speaker.
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- MUTE -F 1000
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- The higher the number, the more frequently Mute will check it, the less
- you will hear beeps, but the slower your computer will be. Learn by
- experimenting the good value for your machine, but be warned that if
- you try a too high value (highly dependant on your machine/processor),
- your computer may lock up, as Mute will trigger so often that it will
- take all the processing time, leaving no time slice to any other
- processes, including DOS. The muting factor can range from 1 (fast
- but not very efficient) to 60000.
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- To toggle Mute, use the hotkey Alt-M. Be warned that toggling Mute
- won't work on any computer: when turning Mute off, you may hear beeps
- louder, but they will a little extinguished too. This is due I can't
- restore the timer interrupt's state while resident, because another
- program could hook it then, or could have hooked it before, making
- unloading uncertain. This hotkey may be changed using the 'K' switch:
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- MUTE -K control esc
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- This command line will toggle Mute whenever you press the given key
- combination. This is the template for using this switch. You first
- give the mask for the hotkey you want, after the letter 'K'. This mask
- can be any combination of the following key names: control, alt,
- leftshift, rightshift. You may specify any of them in any order, even
- none of them. But beware not being in conflict with another program
- that would use the same key combination. If you choose a null mask,
- that is if you don't give any of these four symbols, Mute will toggle
- any time you press this key, so it is likely to trigger even when you
- don't want it, if you are to use this key for another purpose. Giving
- one or more mask keys is wise. Once the mask is specified, give the
- key you want to toggle Mute. You may give any of the keyboard keys but
- the special keys, as the shifts, the scroll lock and num lock keys,
- the system request key, the break key, the caps lock key, the control
- key or the alt key. If the key you choose does not have an associated
- character to be displayed, such as the page up key, or the escape key,
- use the following table that gives you the word to use to designate
- this key:
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- Function keys: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8,
- F9, F10, F11, F12
- Arrow keys: up, down, left, right
- Keypad special keys: Keypad/, Keypad*, Keypad-, Keypad+,
- Keypad5
- Other Keys: backspace, del, end, enter, esc, home,
- ins, pgdn, pgup, prtsc, spacebar, tab
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- Know that some key combinations won't trigger Mute's keyboard handler,
- as no scan code is sent from the keyboard, especially when all status
- keys are pressed at the same time. Case is not significant. You may
- enter these symbols in upper or lower case, Mute will accept both.
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- 4. Contacting the author
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- If you have any bug reports, comments, flames or if you want to
- register, feel free to write me at the following EMail address:
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- penquerc@merlin.enssat.fr
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- or via snail mail:
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- Vincent Penquerc'h
- 3, rue d'Ecosse
- 35200 Rennes
- France
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- The registration fee for this program is 40 french francs.
- Please note that Mute is shareware and is not free software nor public
- domain software. If you use this program after a two week free trial
- period, please register, so I can continue enhancing Mute and release
- other neat programs to meet your needs. Please see included file
- ORDER.FRM for information about registering.
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- 7. Revision history
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- v1.0 October 25th 1994 (not released)
- - First version of Mute.
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