bwbe_c50@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent W. Benson) (11/09/89)
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. While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn it back off in the autoexec.bat file. Or better yet, is there some way to prevent it happening in the first place. Brent
toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (11/10/89)
In article <3932@ur-cc.UUCP> bwbe_c50@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent W. Benson) writes:
<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.
<While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn
<it back off in the autoexec.bat file. Or better yet, is there some
<way to prevent it happening in the first place.
A simple program to do this need only clear the next to most significant
bit (mask 40H) of memory location 40:17. The following program will do
just that:
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toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
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In article <3932@ur-cc.UUCP> bwbe_c50@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent W. Benson) writes:
$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.
$While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn
$it back off in the autoexec.bat file. Or better yet, is there some
$way to prevent it happening in the first place.
If you have the 101-key (enhanced) keyboard, your num lock light will go
on when you boot. Period.
What you can do is put a short program into your autoexec.bat which
turns it off again (or you can take the low-tech solution - press the
num lock key).
There is a program called Numoff that turns num lock off. I don't
have a copy, but I can tell you how it works. There is a word somewhere
in low memory that says which of the lock keys are on, and which of the
shift keys are depressed. You just set or reset the appropriate bit in
this word to turn the various locks on or off. Peter Norton's _Programmer's
Guide to the IBM PC_ has information on this word of memory.
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They say the best in life is free // but if you don't pay then you don't eatpipkins@qmsseq.imagen.com (Jeff Pipkins) (11/11/89)
In article <3932@ur-cc.UUCP> bwbe_c50@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent W. Benson) writes: >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. > >While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn >it back off in the autoexec.bat file. Or better yet, is there some >way to prevent it happening in the first place. > Try the following assembly-language sequence (if you don't have an assembler, you can use DEBUG's 'A' command.) Mov AX, 40h Mov DS, AX CLI Mov AL, byte ptr [17h] And AL, 0DFh Mov byte ptr [17h], AL STI Ret
c60c-4ab@web-3e.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) (11/11/89)
Somebody Wrote: > 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. > While this is not the end of the world, is there some way to turn > it back off in the autoexec.bat file. Or better yet, is there some > way to prevent it happening in the first place. > The word where the status is at 0040:0017 (hex). I believe numberlock status is kept in bit 3, but I'm not sure for sure. The utility is really easy to write...I keep seeing it on BBSs and thinking, "Awwww...another person who just learned assembly language." But, so what. ( Scott Drellishak ( ( "Hey there! Hi there! Ho there! [smack] [smack] [smack]" ( -The Mickey Mouse Club in the Spanish Inquisition
ewagar@pnet01.cts.com (Eric Wagar) (11/12/89)
Many '286s also have a configuration menu that can be looked at and changed
when certain keys are pressed during the Power On Self Test (POST). I don't
know what kind of computer it is, but try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Num, Scroll
or Caps lock.
Eric Wagar >>>> ewagar@pnet01 <<<<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
INET: ewagar@pnet01.cts.com ARPA: crash!pnet01!ewagar@nosc.mil
UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd | ucsd | nosc}!crash!pnet01!ewagarn8541751@unicorn.WWU.EDU (kriston m. bruland) (11/12/89)
The following assembly language fragment turns off the much-hated Numlock
on my IBM Model 30-286 every day when I boot up, so that I don't have to.
mov ax,40h ;status segment
mov es,ax ;into es
mov bx,17h ;status offset
mov al,11011111b ;clear evil numlock bit!
and es:[bx],al ;leave the others untouched
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The procedure for turning off the Num Lock key is as follows
sub ax,ax ; set ES to 0
mov es,ax
mov al,00100000B ; bit 5 is num lock toggle
or es:[418h],al ; directly change the status byte
This code fragment when executed will TOGGLE (ie OFF --> ON, ON --> OFF)the Num Lock key.
Jeff
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_____________________________________________________________________________fayne@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeffrey Fayne) (11/13/89)
OOPS! Sorry, the above code fragment listed is incorrect!
Change: mov al,00100000B
to ; mov al,11011111B
- AND -
Change: or es:[418h],al
to : and es:[417h],al
Sorry for any confusion.
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_____________________________________________________________________________kthompso@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Ken Thompson) (11/14/89)
mov ax,0040 mov ds,ax mov al,[0017] and al,df mov [0017],al mov ax,4c00 int 21 -- Ken Thompson N0ITL NCR Corp. 3718 N. Rock Road Wichita,Ks. 67226 (316)636-8783 Ken.Thompson@wichita.ncr.com
slaghtrl@lafcol.UUCP (Slaght Ralph L) (11/16/89)
Someone was seeking a numlock routine? Here are the batch file which I use and the uuencoded COM file which the batch file calls: @echo off nlok if not errorlevel 1 goto off echo numlock turned ON now goto end :Off echo numlock turned OFF now goto end :end ***********cut here and run through uudecode******* begin 666 nlok.com =NT CL.[%P F@#<@)HH')""+R(#Y 1O 0+1,S2$" end