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   FileGod to Terry Pinnell   
   Re: Getting sound from internal source?   
   14 Dec 22 20:49:39   
   
   From: filegod@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 10:01:29 AM UTC-7, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   > I have a program that sets alarms, and as well as displaying a message    
   > at the set date/time it is capable of playing a sound track (.WAV    
   > file).    
   >    
   > But that sound only plays if my speakers are switched on.    
   >    
   > Is there a command prompt or batch file that will 'beep' the internal    
   > 'sounder'? There always was one that got activated to tell you of a    
   > serious fault when failing to boot-up, so I'm hoping that still exists    
   > in modern PCs?   
   With the old DOS editor you could hit "control P" then "control G" as I recall   
   to create a beep.bat' it is high ascii for the bell symbol, it uses the PC   
   speaker if you have one, I have a beep.bat, I will try and paste it for you:    
      
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