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TappyType (v1.21)
(a not-especially-practical Control Panel device)
by Colin Klipsch
Copyright 1989; All rights reserved
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Description:
TappyType is for those times when you wax nostalgic for the
good, tough ol╒ days before word processors.
TappyType, when installed and active, makes typewriter noises in
response to your keypresses:
Ñ a ╥normal-key╙ sound for printable characters
Ñ a spacebar sound for the Spacebar, Tab, and Delete keys
Ñ a carrage return sound for Return and Enter
Put TappyType into your System folder and restart your Mac.
TappyType will install itself in system memory and will be
available thereafter. You can change TappyType╒s behavior,
including turning it off, via the Control Panel and the
keyboard. (See ╥Controlling TappyType╙ below.)
Two of the three noises, namely the normal-key and spacebar
sounds, are played ╥asynchronously╙. This means that the sounds
are played in the background, leaving the Mac free to perform
other tasks while the sounds are playing. These sounds will also
be stopped if another sound starts playing before the previous one
is finished. The essence of this is that, in general, TappyType won╒t
slow down your keyboard as you type. (You may experience some
sluggishness on Mac SE╒s and Mac Plusses.)
The carrage return sound is normally played ╥synchronously╙,
meaning the Mac drops all other activities to play this sound in
its entirety, and then turns its attention back to whatever you
are doing. I made it this way because it sounds better, in my
opinion anyway, for the carrage return sound to play completely;
otherwise it is inevitably cut short during normal typing.
However, if you grow weary of being forced to hear this sound
all the way through, you can make it play asynchronously like
the other two.
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Controlling TappyType:
TappyType has these options, accessible via the Control Panel...
Ñ ╥Active╙: whether TappyType plays any sounds at all
Ñ ╥CR sound not interruptable╙: whether the carrage return
sound is played synchronously or asynchronously
You can also toggle the Active option without bringing up the
Control Panel; type Command-Option-t from wherever you
are to turn TappyType on and off.
TappyType and the System:
TappyType occupies about 13K of system memory. If you are
cramped for space, or have some other reason to prevent
TappyType from installing itself, simply move the TappyType file
out of your System folder, or into a lower folder, and restart.
TappyType requires the Sound Manager, the collection of routines
which play ╘snd ╒ resources. You need to use System 6.0 or later,
especially if you╒re using a Mac SE or Mac Plus. Otherwise,
TappyType will be mute.
NOTE: Please do not try to get fancy with a resource editing utility
and paste in your own ╘snd ╒ resources. TappyType relies on its
sounds to have particular ID numbers, attributes, and sizes.
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Changes and Improvements from Previous Versions:
Ñ The version number has been increased.
Ñ The silence bug has been fixed. It used to be that TappyType
would remain mysteriously silent, whether it was active
or not, for some never-thoroughly-understood reasons.
Ñ TappyType no longer bombs if the Sound Manager isn╒t available.
It simply remains quiet and let╒s you know what╒s wrong
in the Control Panel. (This particular bug cure has not been
rigorously tested. If you╒re getting instant system bombs
with the touch of a key, it╒s because you need System 6.0
or higher.)
Ñ The ╥CR sound not interruptable╙ option was added.
Ñ It used to be that when you...
Ñ turned off the ╥CR sound╙ option,
Ñ ran an application which has a ╥Transfer╙ command,
Ñ selected ╥Transfer╙ and waited for the dialog box,
Ñ moved the inverse selector bar over an application name,
Ñ and hit Return...
the Macintosh would go ╥dink, vrooozzzzzz.....╙, and so would
enter a catatonic fit. This bug has been eliminated.
Ñ TappyType now correctly obeys the system volume setting.
Ñ TappyType displays its icon on startup, to let you know it╒s alive.
Ñ I included an information screen which presents itself when you
click on the ╥TappyType╙ title in the Control Panel. (Click and
hold down the mouse button.)
Ñ The Command-Option-t function was added.
Ñ The code has been extensively overhauled and given a tune-up.
You╒ll never notice, of course, but I want you to know my
my heart is in this.
Possible future improvements:
Ñ I would like to find or record a couple more sounds and add
them to TappyType╒s repotoire, including the sound a
typewriter makes when you press a Shift key and the entire
hammer-assembly shifts up and down, as well as a more
realistic Tab sound, and a ╥crisper╙ bell for the carrage
return sound.
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Whether or Not You Have to Pay for This:
TappyType is freeware, since my address changes so frequently
that your generous and prolific shareware checks (yea, right) would
rarely find me. So use TappyType and give it away as much
as you like. Please do not charge any money for it.
Hope you╒re amused.
╤ C. Klipsch
(Currently at:
cak3g@astsun.astro.virginia.edu
cak3g@astvax.astro.virginia.edu
cak3g@bessel.acc.virginia.edu
)