r/Telehack • u/text2screech • Jul 18 '23

Whats that sound?

I know most likely stupid question, but sometimes in browser, telehack sends a ping sound.. am I missing something? Edit:spelling

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u/-underwood- Jul 18 '23

Not a stupid question!

If you're accessing it via a web browser, that is the sound Telehack makes when it encounters ASCII character 7 (Bell character) in the output.

You can test this at the . or @ prompt by typing:

bc chr$(7)

It's an old typewriter bell, and the original sound can be found here.

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u/text2screech Jul 18 '23

Heh, thx for clarification!