todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) (05/24/87)
Can someone tell me how to disable the PRINT key on my HP 110? I do not
have a printer attached to the unit and I frequently accidentally press
the key and lock up my machine. Thanks in advance for any help...todd
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Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Computing Center
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INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDUbill@hpcvlo.HP.COM (Bill Frolik) (05/26/87)
You have two options: You can either remove the PRINT key's keycap so that it becomes harder to accidently hit, or you can try the following little teminate/stay resident program. name fixprint page 62,132 code segment assume cs:code,ds:code org 100h begin: jmp short start ;Skip over interrupt handler int53: iret ;Make Int 53h return w/o doing anything start: mov ax,2553h ;SET INTERRUPT 53H mov dx,offset int53 ;Point Printscreen int at dummy handler int 21h mov ah,31h ;TERMINATE/STAY RESIDENT mov dx,17 ;Keep first 17 paragraphs of this program int 21h code ends end begin I tried this program on a Portable Plus, should work fine on a 110 too. The Print key generates an Int 53h; this program just causes the interrupt to do nothing. Bill Frolik hp-pcd!bill Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division Corvallis, Oregon