BELL Phrase

WITH [NO] {BELL}
          {BEEP}

The BELL phrase causes the terminal's bell to ring prior to performing the I/O. The NO BELL phrase inhibits the bell from ringing. The default is NO BELL except that in RM/COBOL compatibility mode, a Format 1 ACCEPT statement defaults to BELL. See the BELL configuration variable in Appendix H for more information.