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PROGRAM: REBEEP.COM
GENERAL FUNCTION: Uses continual beeps to summon a person to the computer.
WHY IS IT NEEDED? So that persons do not have to sit in front of the
computer just to wait until they are needed, but can instead do things
elsewhere and still know as soon as the computer is ready for them.
Often the operator leaves the computer when a program takes a long time to
run, but wants to know as soon as it is done. Or sometimes part of a job
can run unattended, but another part needs operator input.
INSTALLATION: none
FORMAT: REBEEP
EXAMPLES: none
HOW TO USE IT: Put this program in a batch file wherever you want
the computer to let you know that you are wanted back at the
computer. REBEEP continually beeps until a key is pressed. It uses
a short double beep, and puts up the message to press any key to continue.
Functionally it is just a noisy version of the DOS batch command PAUSE.
Since the only way to stop it is to press a key, the computer in
effect uses sound to summon an operator. This way you can leave the
computer to do other things and not have to keep checking back,
provided you stay within earshot.
OTHER EFFECTS: none
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Works with all versions of DOS.
COMMENTS: Other programs that make sounds to signal events,
such as TUNE.COM and SOUND.COM, make a sound only for a limited
time and therefore the absent operator might fail to hear them.
REBEEP continues to beep until a key is pressed.
Program was originally called SIGNAL.COM but this fails to
distinguish it from other sound programs.
SOURCE OF PROGRAM: Martin Kelinsky. Published in PCWORLD, October 84,
p. 264,265. Message program puts on screen was modified by Ken Goosens.