[G4] G4 Door Bell sound Keyboard command

Gregory Cortelyou chefgreg at mac.com
Tue Jun 1 23:00:11 PDT 2004


Yes, my Sawtooth G4 makes that doorbell sound when I press those keys. 
Cool. I like it. Don't know what it comes from though. Maybe it's an 
"Easter egg"?
Greg

On Jun 1, 2004, at 10:01 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:

> This is very weird if i hold down continuously the option and Apple 
> key then press the C key it makes weird chime sound and then 
> immediately following when the keys are released the computer plays 
> the System alert sound chosen in the system preferences. In my case 
> "funk".
>
> J what g4 are you running?
>
> Can anyone do this on a Sawtooth G4.
>
> Dan Brieck Jr.
>
> On Jun 1, 2004, at 1:01 PM, James Asherman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at 12:51  PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know what this is.  While trying to bring up the finder 
>>> computer view (Apple (key) + Shift + C), I accidentally pressed 
>>> (Apple(key) + Option + C) and heard an annoying door bell like ring 
>>> come from my G4's Speakers. This almost sounds like an old macs 
>>> death chime.....
>>>
>>> Power Mac G4 (AGP) 500MHZ
>>>
>>> Mac os 10.3.2
>>>
>>> Dan Brieck Jr.
>>>
>>
>> Mine just makes a little tinkling bell noise, which simply means that 
>> you have either issued an invalid command or that it is too busy to 
>> complete a valid one.
>>
>> J
>
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