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| yy | is | the | interrupt | (IRQ) | 
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| (Do | not | truncate | the | actual | 
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| on | one | line | in | the | CONFIG.SYS | file.) | 
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| Specifies | the | audio | 
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| For | a | monaural | CD | 
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| /U: n | 
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| Initialize | with | the | tray | 
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| default is | n =0. | This | command | might | be | used | 
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| Specifies | the | message | language | 
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| /T:n | 
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| Initializes | with | time delays | built | 
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| and | that | read | from | the | IDE | port | faster | than | the  | provide | data. | 
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| This | 
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| n | is | a | relative | timing | parameter | 
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| through | 99. | The | default | for | n | is | 0, | and | the | 
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