On 2011-08-31, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Grant Edwards
><grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've read the xset man page, I've tried the 'c' option, and it does
>> absolutely nothing. ?To the best of my recollection, the 'xset c'
>> command has never done anything on any X11 machine I've used in the
>> past 15+ years. ?I have vague memories of it having done something on
>> Sun 3 hardware 20 years ago, but all it did was turn a "click" on/off.
>
> My guess is that maybe it depends on either:
>
> a) your keyboard having a speaker built-in

I believe that's how it worked with Sun3 keyboards.

> b) old school pc-speaker in your computer

Even then, how do you play a recorded sound file containing a
typeblock-hitting-platen sound through that speaker? It was connected
to a timer-counter output pin not a D/A converter (unless you count
timer/counter output pin as a 1-bit D/A converter).

> but maybe I'm wrong. :)

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