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Try:
<script language="JavaScript"><!-- if (navigator.mimeTypes) { if (navigator.mimeTypes[mimetype] != null) { if (navigator.mimeTypes[mimetype].enabledPlugin != null) { can_play = true; document.write('<embed name="sound1" src="sound1.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false>'); document.write('<embed name="sound2" src="sound2.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false>'); document.write('<embed name="sound3" src="sound3.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false>'); document.write('<embed name="sound4" src="sound4.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false>'); } } } function playSound(idx) { if (document.embeds && can_play) { if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') document.embeds["sound"+idx].play(); else document.embeds[soundName].run(); } if (document.images) document.images["img"+idx].src = "img"+idx+"on.gif" } function stopSound(idx) { if (document.embeds && can_play) document.embeds["sound"+idx].stop(); if (document.images) document.images["img"+idx].src = "img"+idx+"off.gif" } //--><script> <a href="#" onMouseover="playSound(1)" onMouseOut="stopSound(1)"><img name="img1" src="image.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a> <a href="#" onMouseover="playSound(2)" onMouseOut="stopSound(2)"><img name="img2" src="image.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a>
B De Roes suggests the following works on Internet Explorer 5.5:
<embed name="sound1" src="sound1.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false> <embed name="sound2" src="sound2.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false> <embed name="sound3" src="sound3.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false> <embed name="sound4" src="sound4.mid" hidden=true loop=false autostart=false> <script language="JavaScript"><!-- var can_play = true; var mimetype = 'audio/midi'; function playSound(idx) { if (document.embeds && can_play) { document.embeds["sound"+idx].play(); } if (document.images) document.images["img"+idx].src = "img"+idx+"on.gif" } function stopSound(idx) { if (document.embeds && can_play) document.embeds["sound"+idx].stop(); if (document.images) document.images["img"+idx].src = "img"+idx+"off.gif" } //--><script> <a href="#" onMouseover="playSound(1)" onMouseOut="stopSound(1)"><img name="img1" src="image.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a> <a href="#" onMouseover="playSound(2)" onMouseOut="stopSound(2)"><img name="img2" src="image.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a>