AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (01/20/89)
>Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 23:12:07 GMT >From: Kareth <mentor.cc.purdue.edu!asd@PURDUE.EDU> >Subject: DMA (was Re: Ram Expansion for IIgs) >[...] One interesting note: the GSOS flasher (when you change sound >levels, the border flashes) seems also to indicate memory problems in >the ramdisk menu. When I'd recently upgrade my OctoRAM, I failed to >get the SIMM chips fully socketed and was having problems booting >GSOS. When I was changing the size of the ramdisk, I kept getting >the flasher. Once I figured out the problem and fixed it, no >flasher. Keith, is this a bug/feature or what? The "GS/OS flasher" (which is also included in System Disk 3.2) works like this: Whenever a Beep occurs, the border flashes _if_ (and _only_ if) the volume is set to zero. Really. I just tried it. If you leave the volume at zero (all the way to the left) and then play with the _pitch_, the border will flash every time you change it because the Control Panel is actually beeping at you every time you change the pitch. With a nonzero volume, this lets you hear the pitches so you can choose one you like. (Except they all sound the same if you're using a SysBeep utility that plays a digitized sound!) I don't know of any conditions where the RAMdisk part of the control panel will beep at you, except if you hit a bad key, but it sounds like it _was_ beeping at you. >kareth. --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons