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│ If you have a Sound Blaster,
│ you can easily do this, by making
│ your computer play a sample sound
│ │ file (.VOC) on boot up.(you can
┌┐┌┐┌┐├ ├┐┌┐┌┐├ ┌┌┌┐ │ do this on any board with a
││├┘┌┤│ │││││││ ││││ │ background player).
└└└┘└┘└┘ └┘└┘└┘└┘└┘├┘ │ Its very simple, just include
│ │ the following lines, at the end
│ of your AUTOEXEC.BAT :
│
│ CD\SB\VOXKIT\VPLAY
Wouldn't it be a surprise to │ (For SOUND BLASTER PRO replace
your friend if, when they turn on │ above with : CD\SB\VEDIT2\VPLAY)
your computer, it greets them │ VPLAY sample.VOC
loud and clear: │ CD\
│
"EVERY STEP YOU TAKE, EVERY │
BREATH YOU MAKE, I'LL BE WATCHING │ However this does mean that
YOU!!". │ you have to wait for the
│ samplefile to finnish before you
can use dos. │ does this by taking advantage of
A way around it is to split │ the DMA capability of the Sound
your AUTOEXEC.BAT into two parts, │ Blaster, but thats another story!
the first part still called │
AUTOEXEC.BAT containing some of │ Once you do the above you will
the original commands (up to you │ be able to load your mouse driver
realy) as well as the lines │ and the virus scanner, etc, while
below: │ the computer is singing your
│ favorite song. I used to have my
CD\SB\VOXKIT\VPLAY │ computer sing "LAY YOUR HANDS ON
(For SOUND BLASTER PRO replace │ ME..."
above with : CD\SB\VEDIT2\VPLAY) │ If you have any trouble with
VPLAY sample.VOC /X="AUTO2.BAT" │ the command line for VPLAY, then
│ just open that dusty Sound
And the rest contained in │ Blaster manual.
another file called AUTO2.BAT. │ Other things you could do with
The /X="commandline" parameter │ your sound board, is to have a
allows us to run a DOS command │ batch file, where the computer
(up to 16 parameters) while the │ plays a certain QUOTE or SONG,
sample.VOC file is playing. It │ just before you run or exit a
program. This way you can make │
your system come to live. │
│
On a mutli-user system, you │
could leave instructions or │
warning or error messages to │
other users, ie: if a program │
contains a certain bug, then the │
user will receive your voice │
instructing them of this problem │
and how to handle it. │
│
The possibilities are endless, │
just use your imagination and │
have fun ñ │