[comp.sys.mac.misc] Startup BONG! volume

yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) (02/15/91)

	Is there any way to turn down the "bong" sound that plays on start
	up?  I have a Mac LC and the bong sound is beginning to bug me.  I
	think that the volume is turned way too loud, because the sound
	seems to be sound a little distorted (like when you overdrive a
	speaker).

	thanks in advance
	and Happy Chinese New Year (The Year of the Goat),

	=Mike
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derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (02/16/91)

yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes:

>	Is there any way to turn down the "bong" sound that plays on start
>	up?  

No, this tone is in ROM and occurs before any other
software is loaded, therefore it cannot be bypassed
with an alternate software routine like an init.

You can, of course, do two other things:

1) Put a mini-phone-plug (1/8") into the
speaker output jack.  This gets rid of the
all sound.  A little bit primitive and 
overkill.

2) Plug in a speaker/amplifier/volume_control
box into the speaker output jack.  This
is available from Radio Shack and would
allow you absolute control.

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