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   Zaidy036 to FileGod   
   Re: Getting sound from internal source?   
   15 Dec 22 11:58:21   
   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 12/14/2022 11:49 PM, FileGod wrote:   
   > 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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