beep

[Stevetuc]

(08-10-2022 12:58 AM)JDW Wrote:  

(08-09-2022 04:51 PM)Stevetuc Wrote:  The HID dongle approach has been explored here
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-17...56006.html

I read through that other thread, but let's be honest... Adding a bulky dongle to the HP Prime really does take most of the joy out of creating BEEP sounds.

This therefore raises the question...

Is it absolutely impossible to program a hack to the Prime that would enable the BEEP command to work? Or has such been blocked on a hardware level?

Not impossible but intentionally made very difficult!
The prime natively has no software support for a beep command or a way to directly bitbang the usb port.
The early version g1 pcb did have pads marked BUZZ100 and also UART _RX/TX
https://archived.hpcalc.org/museumforum/...48005.html
So a buzzer could be added. Problem is there is no software support for it in the Prime firmware.
NewRPL can be added as a dual boot to a prime g1 and it does have a BEEP command.
Magic may happen if you add both..question is, do you feel lucky?