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From: c60c-4ab@web-3e.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning off NumLock through software
Keywords: NumLock
Message-ID: <1989Nov11.074326.14821@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 11 Nov 89 07:43:26 GMT
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Somebody Wrote:
> 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.  
>

The word where the status is at 0040:0017 (hex).  I believe numberlock
status is kept in bit 3, but I'm not sure for sure.  The utility is really
easy to write...I keep seeing it on BBSs and thinking, "Awwww...another
person who just learned assembly language."  But, so what.


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