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ALARM Utility
The ALARM utility enables you to turn on or turn off the
low-battery beeper and the cover-closed beeper at the
MS-DOS C:\> prompt. To view the command and its options,
at the
MS-DOS C:\> prompt type
ALARM
and press ENTER. The current status of the
ALARM utility
is displayed.
The Cover Alarm is turned On.
The Low Battery Alarm is turned On.
To view a brief help display, type
Alarm /?
and press ENTER. The utility displays the following screen
listing the command options and the current alarm status.
Usage: - Alarm [/switch]
Alarm - Shows status of Cover and Low Battery Alarms
Alarm /On - Turns the Cover and Low Battery Alarms On.
Alarm /Off - Turns the Cover and Low Battery Alarms Off.
The ALARM utility turns on or turns off the low-battery and
the cover-closed alarm beepers.
You also can add either of the commands to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file to control the alarms when you boot the
computer. For example, add the line
ALARM ON
to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file to turn on both alarms when you
boot the computer. You can also control one or both alarms
using the computer’s Setup Program. (See Chapter 1 of this
manual.)
ALARM Utility
9-2 Other Utilities