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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v06i048: everled, display things on LEDs of Everex STEP (part 01/01)
Message-ID: <1439@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 90 15:26:02 GMT
References: <767@sixhub.UUCP>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <767@sixhub.UUCP>, ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com says:

> The programs in this archive affect the LED display on EVEREX STEP computers
> only. They have no utility on other machines.
> 
> The program LED.COM sends the remainder of the command line to the LED
> display. While cute, it is basically useless because the next disk access
> will wipe out the display.

I don't know about 'useless'.  Under SCO XENIX, my customer is left with
some stupid message on the LED, I think it's "BOOT".  If I can write to
the LED panel just once, to erase that, I think it would be worthwhile.
If I had this source, I might be tempted to put a clock there, or 
something truely useless.

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