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From: duncan@spectre.vlsi.sgi.com (Donald Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Screen blankers
Summary: screen blanker implemented
Message-ID: <72802@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 22 Oct 90 01:41:23 GMT
References: <12681@chaph.usc.edu>
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In article <12681@chaph.usc.edu>, kjh@nunki.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes:
> Has anybody implemented a screen blanker for Minix?  I've done some
> thinking about it, and I think it would require just a small amount of
> code in the keyboard and screen device driver in the kernel.  If nobody
> has done it yet, and nobody will do it before Christmas, then maybe I'll
> get around to it then.  If somebody has done it, please let me (and the
> net) know.  Thanks.
> 
> Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6      kjh@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh


Yes - I have implemented one.  It required simple changes to
kernel/{clock.c, keyboard.c}.  I'll try to get the diffs posted this
week.

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~Don WB6QMS
duncan@sgi.com