STESOUND -------- The ATARI Falcon 030 has a new soundsubsystem which can be switched into a "STE-compatibility-mode" to ensure that (most) programs using the DMA-sound of STE/TT will work correctly. There already exist some patchprograms for the AUTO-folder to select this mode so that old programs can be run. But it is sometimes useful to have this possibility in a desk-accessory, since there are some programs for the F030 which don't reset the soundsubsystem to STE-mode. The accessory STESOUND (it can also be run as a program) offers this possibility. Just select the entry "Reset sound" in the Desk-menu and STESOUND will (re)set the soundsubsystem into STE-mode. If the soundsubsystem is locked when "Reset sound" is selected, STESOUND will ask if you wish to ignore that (be careful with this, since some programs may crash or produce wrong output when the subsystem is influenced while they are running). SPEAKOFF may be freely distributed, the only condition is that both files (STESOUND.ACC/PRG and STESOUND.TXT) are copied completely and unchanged (archiving is allowed). My address: Thomas Binder Hauptstraže 43b 61169 Friedberg/Germany InterNet: binder@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de