prism@chinet.chi.il.us (PRISM Interactive Products) (07/11/90)
Recently, my IIci started giving me a visual indication for the bell. The menu bar now blinks whenever the bell would normally sound. Occasionally it will revert to the old mode and I will have an audible bell, and then when powering up at some later time it's magically a visual bell. I prefer the visual bell and was wondering what causes this and what I can do to keep it this way. Thanks for any help, Bob Dyas PRISM Interactive Products
granteri@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Grant Erickson) (07/16/90)
prism@chinet.chi.il.us (PRISM Interactive Products) writes: > > >Recently, my IIci started giving me a visual indication for the bell. The >menu bar now blinks whenever the bell would normally sound. Occasionally >it will revert to the old mode and I will have an audible bell, and then >when powering up at some later time it's magically a visual bell. I prefer >the visual bell and was wondering what causes this and what I can do to >keep it this way. > > > Thanks for any help, > > Bob Dyas > PRISM Interactive Products The thing which is most likely causing this, is you volume setting in the Control Panel. When set to a value of 1-7 you hear an audible tone for beeps with increasing levels of volume. However, if it is set to zero, the Mac flashes the menu bar in order to get your attention. If you are running SuperClock!, there is a command for the Alarm and the Chime settings that allow you to have the menu bar flash when the alarm goes off, or when an hour mark is reached. Hope these suggestions help you out, if not, please reply and I will think up yet another solution. Grant Erickson ._________________________________________________________. | UUCP: {rosevax, crash, orator}!orbit!pnet51!granteri | | ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!granteri@nosc.mil | | INET: granteri@pnet51.cts.com | |---------------------------------------------------------| | The right half of the brain controls the left half | | of the body. This means that only left-handed people | | are in their right mind. | !_________________________________________________________!
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (07/17/90)
In article <1990Jul11.145033.1676@chinet.chi.il.us> prism@chinet.chi.il.us (PRISM Interactive Products) writes: >Recently, my IIci started giving me a visual indication for the bell. The >menu bar now blinks whenever the bell would normally sound. Occasionally >it will revert to the old mode and I will have an audible bell, and then >when powering up at some later time it's magically a visual bell. I prefer >the visual bell and was wondering what causes this and what I can do to >keep it this way. The menu bar flashes if the Mac can't play the sound for some reason, or if the sound volume is set to zero. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Steve Christensen Internet: stevec@goofy.apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. AppleLink: CHRISTENSE1 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 81BB CompuServe: 76174,1712 Cupertino, CA 95014 phone: 408-974-4369 Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge. ____________________________________________________________________