> Perhaps #beep should move to TranscriptStream.  Transcript is 
> sort of a "base level" interaction point which is usable on
> headless systems, soundless systems, &c.  If it's writing to
> a file Transcript beep could just as well write a BEL character.

For the primitive, I like this idea. Transcript has the right kind of
low-level feel for it and one would probably want to implement some sort of
rudimentary transcript even for headless versions.

Cheers,
  - Andreas