cook@darwin.ntu.edu.au ([Massbuster] Northern Territory University) (02/13/91)
HI I HAVE AN IBM-AT COMPATIBLE AND LOTS OF GAMES THAT INSIST ON MAKING A HEAP OF NOISE (THUS ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE) DOES ANYONE KNOW A WAY THAT I CAN DISABLE THE SPEAKER (WITHOUT CUTTING THE WIRE) SUCH THAT I CAN PLAY THESE GAMES WITHOUT ANNOYING OTHERS ?? -- THANKS MUCHLY ****************************************************************************** Robbie Cook Northern Territory University Darwin AUSTRALIA addr : cook@darwin.ntu.edu.au "He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, and whistled as he went, for want of a thought" - Dryden ******************************************************************************
mas35638@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Odin) (02/14/91)
Robbie Cook writes (in annoying caps): about disabling your speaker Well, what I did is this: I got some 20 guage wire, and a toggle switch from Radio Shack. Put the switch on the + wire between the source and the speaker terminal, with enough space to run the switch to the back. Then I drilled an appropriate hole in one of the plates covering an empty slot, and installed the switch. It looks great, and is terrific in those situations where the speaker just starts wailing away. I would have put in a variable resisitor as a volume control, but I was afraid the added impedence would burn out my speaker chip. Cheers, |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | | Mike Stangel | | In memory of John Bardeen... | m-stangel@ | | | uiuc.edu | `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb13.132420.603@darwin.ntu.edu.au> cook@darwin.ntu.edu.au ([Massbuster] Northern Territory University) writes: >HI > >I HAVE AN IBM-AT COMPATIBLE AND LOTS OF GAMES THAT INSIST ON MAKING A HEAP OF >NOISE (THUS ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE) > >DOES ANYONE KNOW A WAY THAT I CAN DISABLE THE SPEAKER (WITHOUT CUTTING THE >WIRE) SUCH THAT I CAN PLAY THESE GAMES WITHOUT ANNOYING OTHERS ?? Probably more like so you can play these games at work without your boss finding out!! :-) :-)
TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) (02/14/91)
>HI > >I HAVE AN IBM-AT COMPATIBLE AND LOTS OF GAMES THAT INSIST ON MAKING A HEAP OF >NOISE (THUS ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE) > >DOES ANYONE KNOW A WAY THAT I CAN DISABLE THE SPEAKER (WITHOUT CUTTING THE >WIRE) SUCH THAT I CAN PLAY THESE GAMES WITHOUT ANNOYING OTHERS ?? >-- There are several programs at simtel20 that disable/enable the speaker on the PC. Look for silence.arc in msdos.sysutl Regards, Thomas Dwyer III Email: tomiii@mtu.edu Network Programmer tomiii@mtus5.BITNET Computing Technology Services Voice: (906) 487-2110 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906) 487-2787