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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning off NumLock through softwar
Message-ID: <110200027@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 10:32:12 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Nov  9 19:33:00 1989


>A friend of mine has a Clone IBM compatible.  It is a 12mhz 80286.
>When it is turned on, during the initialization process (i.e. memory
>check, etc.) the NumLock light goes on.

>While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn
>it back off in the autoexec.bat file.  Or better yet, is there some
>way to prevent it happening in the first place.  

Here is a program to turn it off. It is uuencoded. Uudecode it
to a file numx.com and put it in your autoexec.bat. It is
very small.

Yes, it really is only a half a line of uuencoded code. But just
think - it will take up a whole big kilobyte or more on
your disk!

begin 0666 numx.com
0ZP&0N   CL F@"87!-_-(&H!
 
end