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Re: How do you beep?

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From: Walter Bright
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1986 16:48
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In article <960003@hpcnof.UUCP> thj@hpcnof.UUCP (Thomas Hjellming) writes:
>>How do you program the sound on an IBM AT or XT?  The technical reference
>>manual does not help much.  The PLAY and SOUND instructions of BASIC are not
>>useful in a C program.  (No, I don't want to fork BASICA to make a beep :-)
>      The 'Programmers Guide to the IBM PC' by Peter Norton contains
>an entire chapter about sound generation on the PC family.  It contains
>all the information you are requesting.

Also, try 'Bluebook of Assembly Routines for the IBM PC and XT' by
Christopher L. Morgan.
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From: bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright)
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Subject: Re: How do you beep?
Message-ID: <1080@dataio.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 12:48:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  8 12:48:00 1986
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