Hi!
In short, your FreeCOM beeps are infinitely long.
As you saym beep_l.c and beep_n.c implements them
as beep_low() and beep() as follows:
void beep_low(void)
{
sound(900);
delay(200); /* 400 */
nosound();
delay(100);
}
void beep(void)
{
sound(900);
delay(200); /* 400 */
nosound();
delay(100);
}
However, FreeCOM also uses a delay in cgetchar_timed(int secs)
and in hangForever(). The latter is only used as crash handler.
The former has something to do with the F8 or /Y or CALL /Y mode
and FreeDOS 2025 or newer:
"Press F8 for trace mode, or F5 to bypass" (for example autoexec)
is supposed to be shown for at most 3 seconds. Unless you press
a key immediately, it does delay(100) between attempts to check
whether you have yet pressed a key. So if delay() itself hangs
on your computer, FreeCOM should also hang at that prompt, too?
Which exact version of FreeCOM are you using? See "VER" :-)
Regards, Eric
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