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From: ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...)
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Subject: Re: Turning off NumLock through softwar
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Date: 14 Nov 89 00:20:22 GMT
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From article <110200027@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, by mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 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.

On a related note -- I have an XT clone with a light-adorned keyboard.  
Once in a while, the lights on the keyboard get out of sync with the 
BIOS registers, resulting in mass confusion.  (Usually happens after 
playing a particular game, but I can't remember what it is.)

Is there a way to tell the /keyboard/ to change the status of the lights, 
or do I have to manually turn them off (by hitting the offending keys) and
then running a program to reprogram the BIOS flags?

Sure would be nice to tell the keyboard to shut up instead.  Maybe only AT's
can do that, tho'...

(Please respond via e-mail... I can only read once a week.)
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