wytten@dg.cs.umn.edu (05/17/88)
Does anyone know if it is possible to put a NumLock indicator on a plain (but genuine) IBM-PC? I know that AT keyboards can't be used with regular PC's, at least not without modification. Is there a signal in the keyboard itself that can be used to light an LED? I am not willing to modify the keyboard cable to add an extra conductor if there is not. I suspect this may be of interest to other PC users, so please post your reply, if possible. Dale R. Wyttenbach (wytten@dg.cs.umn.edu) Louis Armstrong: CSci Labs, 136 Lind Hall | I see skies of blue, and clouds of white 207 Church Street SE | The bright, blessed days; the dark sacred nights Minneapolis,MN 55455 | And I think to myself: What a wonderful world.
rcj@moss.ATT.COM (05/19/88)
In article <5453@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> wytten@dg.cs.umn.edu () writes: }Does anyone know if it is possible to put a NumLock indicator on a plain }(but genuine) IBM-PC? I know that AT keyboards can't be used with regular }PC's, at least not without modification. I got something off a local BBS called "KBFIX3.ARC", I believe. It will give you both an audible sound (or not, your choice) and a visual indicator (you pick the location on the screen) to tell you when you are in numlock, capslock, scrolllock, etc. Very small, very easy to install, very nice. Look on your local BBS for this one -- or I'll try to upload it and send it to Rahul at comp.binaries.ibm.pc if I get enough requests (via mail only, PLEASE!) Curtis Jackson -- moss!rcj 201-386-6409 (CORNET 232) ...![ ihnp4 ulysses ucbvax allegra ]!moss!rcj ...![ ihnp4 ucbvax akgua watmath ]!clyde!rcj
rcj@moss.ATT.COM (05/19/88)
Forgot to indicate in my previous article that KBFIX3 also does many other nice things for you, like expanding the keyboard buffer for typeahead, allows you to set the amount of time you hold a key down before it autorepeats, how long between autorepeats, and how many copies of the character to output on each autorepeat. A very nifty little program. Curtis Jackson -- moss!rcj 201-386-6409 (CORNET 232) ...![ ihnp4 ulysses ucbvax allegra ]!moss!rcj ...![ ihnp4 ucbvax akgua watmath ]!clyde!rcj