Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Warpslide
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 21 2021 21:37:00

Hello Warpslide!

** On Wednesday 03.03.21 - 10:14, Warpslide wrote to Tiny:

 W> This reminds me of a story...

 W> Back then when I would get a netmail message, Front Door
 W> would chime every so often to let you know you had
 W> netmail...

 W> I went away for a weekend...

 W> After asking around my Mom said:  "Oh, yeah, your computer
 W> had the hiccups and I was tired of listening to it, so I
 W> just switched it off."

I'm surprised that your Mom wasn't familiar with the sounds of  
the PC doing the same thing when you were at home and ask you  
about the noises.

 W> After that, I disconnected the PC speaker.

I think I unplugged my PC speaker from every one that I ever  
operated too.

The "net stop beep" command is a first thing I execute on my  
laptop after a clean boot up.
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