Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:48:26 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I ring a bell? Message-ID: <5252AD9A.7060807@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <52529CFF.9030105@fjl.co.uk> References: <52529CFF.9030105@fjl.co.uk>
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Frank Leonhardt skrev 2013-10-07 13:37: > In the good'ol days I could make UNIX ring a bell (literally) by sending > \a to the console TTY (an ASR33 in my case). Now there's an electronic > synthesised ting or beep from an terminal emulator IF it's got a sound > card and so on, and an IBM-PC had a beep routine in the BIOS. > > Is there any way to make a noise through the built in "bell" speaker > found on an IBM PC compatible server box? Writing 007 to the BIOS cout > routine might do it, but I've realised I haven't got a clue how to do that. > > I could easily knock up a bit of hardware to go on a serial port (or > similar) that could be triggered to make a noise, but these things have > already got the hardware built in and I'm looking to use what I've > already got. > > Thanks, Frank. > > P.S. "cdcontrol -f /dev/mycdrom eject" is the best I've come up with so > far for getting attention. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You also have the audio/yell port.
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