moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (01/29/88)
In article <797@aucs.UUCP> peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) writes: >I got an INIT called CheapBeep off the net but what does it do? >Its icon appears on the screen during boot up, but the Mac's beep >is still a beep. What do I do to make Cheapbeep do its stuff? It's a CDEV, i.e. a control panel device, like QuicKeys or General or Mouse or Color or Pyro!. You select and control them via the Control Panel (of course, they must be in your System Folder to work). Some of them (like QuicKeys, Pyro! and CheapBeep) are also loaded in as INITs at boot-up. "On the other hand, it takes real moral fiber to remain a Republican when there's no money in it. And things *are* looking grim on the financial front. Even worse for the President, they're getting confusing." -- A. Whitney Brown Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, hplsla, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>
sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (01/30/88)
in article <797@aucs.UUCP>, peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) says: > > I got an INIT called CheapBeep off the net but what does it do? > Its icon appears on the screen during boot up, but the Mac's beep > is still a beep. What do I do to make Cheapbeep do its stuff? > What you need are sound files from which CheapBeep can generate a sound. Like CheapBeep, sound files are available in the public domain. There are literally dozens of them. One of the Macs at my office, for example, startles people by saying "Game over, man" instead of beeping. If you have a selection of sound files, CheapBeep will randomly pick one to use whenever it needs a beep. Your best source is probably the big users groups, such as BMUG or the Boston Computer Society, which maintain big collections of public domain software. Some companies, such as EDUCOMP, also sell PD stuff. Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************