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- FIXBEEP
- -------
- Version 1.10 of 16 March 1987.
-
- FIXBEEP is a short, terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) utility.
- It changes the tone that the IBM computer produces when it
- beeps.
-
- FIXBEEP is installed simply by typing FIXBEEP at the DOS
- prompt. The program will take one-half k of system memory,
- which is 512 bytes.
-
- After FIXBEEP is installed, your IBM or close compatible
- will not make that annoying, drawn-out, beep. FIXBEEP
- replaces it with a quick, quiet little chirp.
-
- If you want to change the frequency and/or duration of the
- tone that FIXBEEP makes, you can specify command-line
- parameters when you start the program.
-
- The /F parameter changes the frequency of the beep. For
- example, entering:
-
- FIXBEEP /F1750
-
- sets the frequency to 1750 hertz. To change the
- duration, use the /D parameter. Entering:
-
- FIXBEEP /D35
-
- sets the duration of the tone to 35 milliseconds,
- which is .035 seconds. You can specify both
- options in any order. For example,
-
- FIXBEEP /D200 /F250
- -and-
- FIXBEEP /D100 /F4000
-
- are both valid.
-
- Experiment with FIXBEEP to find a beep that you like. You can
- include a FIXBEEP command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to set your
- system's beep when you boot up.
-
- FIXBEEP will let you hear your new beep tone when you run it.
- You can run the program more than once, changing the beep
- any time you choose. If you want to hear the beep tone, give
- the command, BEEP <Enter> to run the batch file, BEEP.BAT.
-
- FIXBEEP is compatible with almost all other terminate-
- and-stay-resident routines. The video I/O routines are
- rarely intercepted by other TSR utilities, and FIXBEEP
- doesn't do anything that is considered "bad behavior".
-
- NOTE: FIXBEEP will not work properly with some TANDY
- computers, since TANDY uses a different method
- to create the beep tone.
-
- If you find this program useful, please send a small
- contribution. $5 is very adequate... this is a relatively
- straightforward utility. You'll sleep at night knowing
- that you helped an aspiring young programmer!
-
- Thank you very much.
-
- Mike "Nifty James" Blaszczak
- 112 Verlinden Drive
- Monroeville, PA 15146