Re: Toggling NumLock

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From: Jerzy Tarasiuk
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 15:14

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>>>>> On 30 Sep 92 22:29:54 GMT, ceharris@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Carl Harris) said:

Carl> While simply turning off the NumLock bit in the BIOS' keyboard status
Carl> variable requires only 16 bytes or so, turning off the appropriate 
Carl> indicator lights on the keyboard iff the machine is an AT-class box takes
Carl> several additional instructions.  Hence, NUMOFF.COM is about 40 bytes long.

No need to send NumLock state to keyboard - BIOS will do it on first
keyboard interrupt, probably when you release ENTER key for the command.

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Subject: Re: Toggling NumLock
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