ghh@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Gilbert Harman) (11/29/89)
My copy of the Virtual 2.0 update came today for my SE/30.
As with the previous version my "beep" is still gone. But Allegro
common lisp has not crashed yet, so that problem seems to
have been fixed.
--
Gilbert Harman
Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory
221 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
ghh@princeton.edu
HARMAN@PUCC.BITNETmha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) (11/29/89)
In article <GHH.89Nov28140439@cognito.princeton.edu> ghh@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Gilbert Harman) writes: >My copy of the Virtual 2.0 update came today for my SE/30. >As with the previous version my "beep" is still gone. The Virtual 2.0 update disk has two items on it. One is the new Virtual init and cdev file, and the other is an application called "Simple Beep Installer." This program installs a new snd resource in your System file to replace the old one. It looks, sounds, and acts the same as the original beep... except of course that it'll work! -- Mark H. Anbinder ************************** mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BAKA Industries ** (cornell!)biar!memory!mha 200 Pleasant Grove Rd. H: (607) 257-7587 ******** Ithaca, NY 14850 W: (607) 257-2070 ******* "It's not safe out here." Q
rus@io.UUCP (Russell Sheptak) (12/07/89)
In an earlier article Gilbert Harman wrote about his experiences using
the Virtual Init, version 2.0, and how he still didn't have his system
beep sound back. (SE/30, system version not specified).
Mark Anbinder replied that the 2.0 release disk contains an installation
program for a simple beep sound that is supposed to resolve that problem.
It doesn't, at least not on my macIIcx with system 6.0.3 and the special
version of multifinder needed for SADE. I haven't got around to calling
Connectix to find out what the story is yet, since I just got the upgrade
on monday.
I'd love to know how the init clobbers the beep. Anybody care to
speculate?
Rus
Disclaimer: Its only my opinion!
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In article <1324@io.UUCP> rus@io.UUCP (Russell Sheptak) writes: >In an earlier article Gilbert Harman wrote about his experiences using >the Virtual Init, version 2.0, and how he still didn't have his system >beep sound back. (SE/30, system version not specified). > >Mark Anbinder replied that the 2.0 release disk contains an installation >program for a simple beep sound that is supposed to resolve that problem. > >It doesn't, at least not on my macIIcx with system 6.0.3 and the special >version of multifinder needed for SADE. I haven't got around to calling >Connectix... > >I'd love to know how the init clobbers the beep. Anybody care to >speculate? What you need to do with the Beep Installer program is start up your machine with another system disk (i.e. a System Folder equipped floppy) and THEN run the installer program. Modifying active System files can be tricky, so in some cases the installer program released with version 2.0 of Virtual will not work on the startup System. It does work in other cases, so if you haven't had the problem, don't worry. Connectix has started shipping another version of the beep installer program that DOES work on the System that is currently active. The reason the beep stops working in the first place is that it is a time-specific sound. Virtual affects the Macintosh system's timing control, so if a beep has been "told" to go off on a specific clock tick, that tick might be skipped entirely, and the beep would never happen. If you heard tiny clicks instead of beeps, it was because the speaker was being accessed but the beep wasn't getting around to beeping. The new beep being distributed by Connectix is a sound digitized from a tape recording of the original simple beep (no kidding!). Just like the other sounds that Apple distributes, digitized beeps work just fine. Sorry if this isn't quite clear... it's a second-hand explanation from Scott at Connectix. Thanks, Scott! For more info, call Connectix at 415-324-0727. -- Mark H. Anbinder ************************** mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BAKA Industries ** ...!batcomputer!memory!mha 200 Pleasant Grove Rd. H: (607) 257-3480 ******** Ithaca, NY 14850 W: (607) 257-2070 ******* "It's not safe out here." Q