Re: gforth dos/win


"Marcel Hendrix" <mhx@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:15277746464470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@xxxxxx> writes Re: gforth dos/win

I recently gave feedback to you and Anton Ertl that gForth
under windoze is defective because "7 emit" doesn't ring
the bell

It does ring the bell with my version of Cygwin. It's just a different tone
to the usual one. I remember to have posted it here. I also posted a link
to a newer Windows snapshort of Gforth recently - you could try if the bug
is fixed there.

I remember from the old days that it is sometimes a soundcard/system option
to have error beeps come from the soundcard and NOT from the motherboard
speaker. I also know for a fact that nowadays the motherboard speaker is
not even connected (on purpose or out of sloppiness). I tried it just now,
and for iForth ^G EMIT gives a beep from the piezobeeper.

FYI, on the cygwin commandline

Marcel Hendrix@INTEL-SKY ~
$ echo -e "\007"

gives a loud "boing" from the soundcard and a flashing icon (as does typing
ctrl-G directly). Without a soundcard it probably does nothing (but flash?).

I also note that

Marcel Hendrix@INTEL-SKY ~
$ echo -e "\0225"

( ascii 149 ) gives a piezobeep and a flash.

I leave the obvious conclusion to the reader.

Another factor is whether Cygwin directs 7 EMIT to the
bios (PC speaker) or soundcard. In my case it goes to
the bios for gforth.

Also, bios beep can vary greatly between PC machines.
Some bios never took cpu speed into account. My bios
"beep" simply comes out as a 'click'.

Speaking of speed, here's a curiosity. Why do so many
forths which implement MS fail to build any delay into
WORDS ? Not everyone is a speed reader :)



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