MJSCHMEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer) (11/10/87)
I have a friend who uses a program that is heavily beep intensive, only the beeps the program emits are useless and, worse, annoy those around him. So I am asking you netFolx on behalf of the somewhat annoyed colleagues of my friend: IS THERE ANY WAY TO TURN THE SPEAKER OFF, SHORT OF OPENING THE BOX AND CUTTING THE WIRES? You know, something software based. I seem to remember 7 years ago reading about the pc when it was introduced in Byte, and they said the pc had all of these really neat "soft switches," one of which controlled the speaker. Seriously, somebody MUST have thought of a way to shut these puppies up by now. Reply by mail if you think this question is hopelessly elementary, otherwise post it. Thanks for your time. Share and enjoy! ========================================================================= comes around Mike Schmelzer what goes around =========================================================================
guardian@laidbak.UUCP (Harry Skelton) (11/10/87)
In article <3795@pucc.Princeton.EDU> MJSCHMEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: > >IS THERE ANY WAY TO TURN THE SPEAKER OFF, SHORT OF OPENING THE BOX >AND CUTTING THE WIRES? > >You know, something software based. I seem to remember 7 years ago >reading about the pc when it was introduced in Byte, and they said >the pc had all of these really neat "soft switches," one of which >controlled the speaker. > >Thanks for your time. Share and enjoy! There is a program called 'silence' that will kill most any speaker noise. The only problem with running such a program is some other programs will overwrite the code. i.e. steal the interupt that the silence program was taking. but this is rare and few between. I'll see if I can't post you a copy in comp.binaries.ibm.pc. .---------. Harry Skelton : .-. : --- other mail drops --- guardian@laidbak.UUCP : `-'o : ihnp4!laidbak!ugh!bear ihnp4!laidbak!guardian : O : ihnp4!chinet!stox!bear `---------' The Far Seek ... Tales from the bad sector. "As 'panic traps' appear across the console, Edward, once again, finds Harry scratching his back against the disk drives."
darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) (11/10/87)
In comp.sys.ibm.pc, MJSCHMEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer) writes: > I have a friend who uses a program that is heavily > beep intensive, only the beeps the program emits > are useless and, worse, annoy those around him. So > I am asking you netFolx on behalf of the somewhat > annoyed colleagues of my friend: > > IS THERE ANY WAY TO TURN THE SPEAKER OFF, SHORT OF OPENING THE BOX > AND CUTTING THE WIRES? [ ... ] > Thanks for your time. Share and enjoy! > ========================================================================= > comes around Mike Schmelzer what goes around > ========================================================================= > ---------- Unfortunately, while there is a bit that controls sound (on/off) going to the speaker, many programs ensure that the bit is set to enable sound. Simply turning off that bit will not always turn off sound. Fortunately, there is a PD or shareware, etc. program that can be used in an attempt to turn off the speaker (via software). It simply sits in memory (it is a TSR) and turns off the speaker every time a timer interrupt comes around (18.2 times a second). This method works somewhat well; every time a program tries to make a sound, the sound is cut off at the next interupt. In practice, the "sound" turns into a click, as there is sound for a very short period of time. Something like this may or may not be what your friend is looking for. If you're interested in it, send Email, and I'll dig the program out of my archives and mail you a uuencoded .ARC file. -- Darryl Okahata {hplabs!hpccc!, hpfcla!} hpsrla!darrylo CompuServe: 75206,3074 Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that have been following him all day.
artw@pnet01.cts.com (Art Weiss) (11/10/87)
I've seen a public domain program on the boards here in San Diego that allows you to disable the speaker. You might want to look around your local boards for a file called SILENCE.ARC (or some similar name). That should take care of the problem without having to cut any wires.
William_Herrera@milehi (William Herrera) (11/12/87)
Try SILENCE.ARC, a TSR utility on many BBS's. A warning: this is not
compatible with certain other programs that also toy with the clock.
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