Date   : Thu, 16 Jul 1998 08:50:04 +0200
From   : "Robert Schmidt" <robert@...>
Subject: Re: BBC power on

Robert Doyle (Digital) wrote:
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Congrats on such a cool site, I never owned a Beeb but a friend of mine
> owned 4 (!) (why didn't I borrow one...) and I used to love it, especially
> the way you could nest assembly code in BASIC programs. Anyway, I'm looking
> for a WAV (or any sample format really) of the double beep sound that the
> Beebs made when you powered them on, you know, the low-high beep. Recently a
> radio station in Dublin put it in a jingle, which I'll sample if I can catch
> it. I'll send you it if I do.
> Do you know anywhere I can get that sound?

Hi Robert!  :)

This topic (the double beep) was up on the BBC micro mailing list some
time ago.  It seems the first, deeper beep was not an intentional one,
but rather induced by "something" during the boot-up sequence.  The
second beep should be easy enough to recreate, and some of the emulators
do.

I think somebody posted an URL where a sample could be found.  Is ti
still out there, guys?

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