Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Chapter 10 I BASIC Keywords
Statement
BEEP
BEEP
ON
BEEP OFF
Produces a sound from the computer’s speaker.
BEEP sounds the speaker at 800
Hz for 114 second.
You can use BEEP with the SOUND statement
to direct sound
to the computer’s internal speaker or an external speaker (such
as a television’s speaker) or both.
BEEP ON
: SOUND ON directs sound to both
speakers
.
BEEP OFF : SOUND OFF turns off sound to both
speakers.
BEEP ON
: SOUND OFF directs sound to the internal
speaker only.
BEEP
OFF : SOUND ON directs sound to the exter-
nal speaker only.
BASIC starts up with BEEP ON and SOUND OFF
The BEEP statement
is the same as typing PRINT CHR$(7).
Example
IF X > 20 THEN BEEP
warns the operator with a beep if the variable X is out of range,
that is, greater than
20.
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Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200