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- {
- ER> Anyway, Does anyone knows who to make the num/caps/scroll leds on the
- ER> keyboard 'flicker' or just light up?
- }
-
- PROGRAM FlashLED;
-
- USES DOS, Crt;
-
- CONST
- LOCKSOFF = $8F; { Mask off all LEDs }
- SCRLOCK = 16;
- NUMLOCK = 32;
- CAPLOCK = 64;
-
- VAR
- KeyLocks : BYTE ABSOLUTE $0040:$0017; { LED bits at this FAR address }
- SaveLock : BYTE; { Used to save LED status bits }
-
- { To make DOS cause LED update }
- PROCEDURE DummyDosCall; ASSEMBLER;
- asm
- mov ah, 11
- int $21
- End;
-
- VAR
- Shift : BYTE; { Used in bit shifting of LEDs }
-
- BEGIN
- { Store current state }
- SaveLock := KeyLocks;
- Shift := 1;
-
- Repeat
- { Turn on the LED bit according to Shift }
- KeyLocks := (SCRLOCK SHL Shift);
-
- { Set Shift to indicate the LED to the right }
- Shift := (Shift + 1) MOD 3;
-
- { Allow DOS to update the LEDs }
- DummyDosCall;
-
- { Simple pause }
- Delay( 200 );
- Until KeyPressed;
-
- { Restore original keyboard state }
- KeyLocks := SaveLock;
- END.