In some cases you may not hear beeps that should be generated by the host system. This is especially common on systems without sound cards.

TERM and TinyTERM automatically play the system default sound — a beep on systems without sound cards, the default sound otherwise — when they receive a ^G character, ASCII value 7. But on desktop systems that are fast enough, that beep may be played through the speaker as a faint, very fast click.

To test for this, go to a command prompt while you’re logged in and enter the following command. It may need to be changed slightly for your individual system:

echo “\007\007\007 \007\007\007”

This should play six beeps in a row, which will usually string together as a normal beep rather than a click. If you hear nothing then, check your PC’s sound settings. The default sound may be turned off.

There is one known incompatibility, the Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 running Windows XP. TinyTERM plays no sounds in this environment.

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