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Article #10053Re: Numlock on when booting... How?
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 18:01
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 18:01
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andre@cv.ruu.nl (Andre Koster) writes: >I would like to see that my numlock on my keyboard is default 'on' >when I start up my pc. Can someone tell me how this can be achieved? Well, unless you have a 286, this is not even *possible*. PC & XT BIOS support for the keyboard does not include LEDs. Those came with the AT. There's no provision for sending anything *to* the keyboard except a "reset" code. With an AT, all you need to do is flip the numlock flag in the BIOS data area in low RAM. There are lots of programs for doing that, just stick one in your autoexec. A few AT BIOS's allow setting the initial state of the numlock key. -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.uucp personal: CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com business: CIS: [76376,1107] 76376.1107@compuserve.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ogicse!pdxgate!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Numlock on when booting... How? Message-ID: <1991May21.180122.19414@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Date: 21 May 91 18:01:22 GMT Article-I.D.: qiclab.1991May21.180122.19414 References: <1991May16.105232.20917@cv.ruu.nl> Distribution: comp Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. Lines: 19