On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 12:19:01PM -0600, Jonathan Sivier wrote:
> Sue Blake writes:
> >
> > I'd like to be able to play abc tunes on a PC speaker under unix
> > (FreeBSD in particular) so that, among other things, I can do some
> > simple pitch checking when transcribing them on my old laptop or PC.
> >
> > I've looked at playabc, and it actually sends the sound through
> > the sound card. These machines don't have a sound card.
> > After many hours of searching I can't find anything to play abc
> > tunes using the speaker, except a binary for Microsoft systems.
>
> I think that PlayQ21 will do what you want. I'm pretty sure it plays
> directly to the PC speaker. I've used it on my HP200 so it should probably
> work on any PC. It doesn't always handle repeats correctly and I don't
> think it can handle multiple endings, so I've sometimes had to write the
> tune out completely in order to get it to play correctly. However it may
> serve for your purpose.
I don't understand. What I find when I search for PlayQ21 is a binary
executable that can be run only on Microsoft systems. It's unusable
on a unix PC.
Am I looking at the wrong thing?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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