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In article <14372@bcsaic.UUCP> lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) writes:
>What a lot of us would really like is something like SondMaster that selects a
>sound from a folder at random on startup for each event; e.g. you would have a
>"Startup Sounds" folder, a "Restart Sounds", a "Disk Insert" folder, etc.  The
>INIT would choose one at random from each such folder.  It gets a bit tedious
>having the same sound each session.

Agreed, but the problem I would have is that the size of some sounds I use
for startups and shutdowns would be inappropriate for beeps, keyclicks and
some of the other events.  Some pre-selection ability would be required.

The thought of a beep trying to play the 3 MB Buckaroo Banzai closing
theme... conniption fits!

                        Selections from TOP 10 WAYS DAN RATHER COULD
                        CONCLUDE THE CBS EVENING NEWS: 

                            10. Put finger in mouth, make "cork popping"
                                sound. 
                             7. Reveal which news story of the evening was
                                the fake one. 
                             6. Lick lips and say,"MMM-MMM! Time for pie!" 
                             5. Give coded message to L'il Newshounds fan
                                club. 
                             2. Light big cigar and say,"Ha Ha! See you
                                tomorrow suckers!" 
                                           -- Late Night with David Letterman
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