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From: pipkins@qmsseq.imagen.com (Jeff Pipkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning off NumLock through software
Keywords: NumLock
Message-ID: <43@qmsseq.imagen.com>
Date: 10 Nov 89 17:42:08 GMT
References: <3932@ur-cc.UUCP>
Reply-To: pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins)
Distribution: usa
Organization: QMS Inc., Mobile, Alabama
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In article <3932@ur-cc.UUCP> bwbe_c50@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent W. Benson) writes:
>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.  
>
Try the following assembly-language sequence (if you don't have an assembler,
you can use DEBUG's 'A' command.)


Mov  AX, 40h
Mov  DS, AX
CLI
Mov  AL, byte ptr [17h]
And  AL, 0DFh
Mov  byte ptr [17h], AL
STI
Ret