Re: [Freedos-user] Configuration options for DOS beep
I am actually running this on a laptop, A three or so year old HP-Pavilion. It has a pretty poor BIOS though. wont let you choose legacy before EFI for example. Those utilities look interesting. Silence has an unclear license statement. >This Program Is In The Public Domain. >Users are encouraged to make as many copies as they >like and to distribute them to whomever they choose. >Under No Circumstances Is This Program To Be Sold. So I am not sure it is in the public domain. I will look into that. I also am thinking about the possibility of making an addon to the shell. I am going to investigate the code. On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 12:22 PM dmccunney wrote: > > On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 11:56 AM Johnpaul Humphrey wrote: > > > > I want to disable the beep in certain freedos applications.> Most > > importantly COMMAND.COM > > > So I think I have two options as far as freecom is concerned: > > 1. cut the wires, I want to avoid that if possible. > > 2. recompile freecom or any app that doesn't explicitly configure the bell. > > I thought before I sink a lot of time into recompiling, that I would > > ask around and see if there is some configuration file I missed. > > AFAIK, no. What hardware are you running on? If you are running > FreeDOS in a VM, you can probably silence the speaker from the host > OS. If you are booting FreeDOS as the OS on the machine, it's a > problem. Some BIOSes back in the day would let you set speaker > volume. Failing that, your option was usually to disconnect the > speaker. > > A possible option is use of a TSR which will attempt to mute the > speaker. Most of these work by continuously polling for speaker > events, so you will get some level of performance hit from running > them. Go to https://www.sac.sk/files.php?d=16= and search for > speaker in the listing for downloads on some. > > Another possibility is https://www.pcorner.com/list/UTILITY/SIL2.ZIP/INFO/ > > I have not tested these and cannot say how well they work. > __ > Dennis > > . > > > > > Johnpaul T. Humphrey > > > > > > ___ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > -- > ___ > Dennis > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Johnpaul T. Humphrey ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Configuration options for DOS beep
On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 11:56 AM Johnpaul Humphrey wrote: > > I want to disable the beep in certain freedos applications.> Most importantly > COMMAND.COM > So I think I have two options as far as freecom is concerned: > 1. cut the wires, I want to avoid that if possible. > 2. recompile freecom or any app that doesn't explicitly configure the bell. > I thought before I sink a lot of time into recompiling, that I would > ask around and see if there is some configuration file I missed. AFAIK, no. What hardware are you running on? If you are running FreeDOS in a VM, you can probably silence the speaker from the host OS. If you are booting FreeDOS as the OS on the machine, it's a problem. Some BIOSes back in the day would let you set speaker volume. Failing that, your option was usually to disconnect the speaker. A possible option is use of a TSR which will attempt to mute the speaker. Most of these work by continuously polling for speaker events, so you will get some level of performance hit from running them. Go to https://www.sac.sk/files.php?d=16= and search for speaker in the listing for downloads on some. Another possibility is https://www.pcorner.com/list/UTILITY/SIL2.ZIP/INFO/ I have not tested these and cannot say how well they work. __ Dennis . > Johnpaul T. Humphrey > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- ___ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Configuration options for DOS beep
Hi All, I want to disable the beep in certain freedos applications. Most importantly COMMAND.COM I got on the IRC yesterday, and recieved a couple of suggestions. The first one was to disconnect the bell from the motherboard. I want to avoid that if possible. The second is there might be a configuration option. I searched for words like "bell" and "beep" in my entire installation, and did not find any configuration options. I also looked into freecom's source, and saw the configuration files there. So I think I have two options as far as freecom is concerned: 1. cut the wires, I want to avoid that if possible. 2. recompile freecom or any app that doesn't explicitly configure the bell. I thought before I sink a lot of time into recompiling, that I would ask around and see if there is some configuration file I missed. -- God bless you, Johnpaul T. Humphrey ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
