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- STATLINE John Socha
- Command PC Magazine Vol 5, No 13
- Copyright 1986 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
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- Purpose: Displays 26th-line status indicators for the
- NumLock, CapsLock, and ScrollLock toggle keys
- on IBM monochrome, CGA, and Compaq monitors.
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- Format: STATLINE (loads memory-resident program)
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- Remarks: STATLINE converts the normal 25-line text
- mode display into 26 lines, using the
- additional line to show a # sign for NumLock,
- an up arrow for CapsLock, and a double-
- pointed arrow for ScrollLock.
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- On a monochrome display, where insufficient
- memory is available for a full 26th line,
- two-thirds of that line is used by STATLINE;
- the remainder echoes the first portion of the
- top line of the regular display.
-
- This utility is not compatible with the IBM
- enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) and is best
- suited for use with the color graphics
- adapter (CGA) and with Compaq displays.
-
- Notes:
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- 1. STATLINE is a memory-resident utility
- and is known to be incompatible with a
- number of keyboard macro programs.
- Assembly language programmers will be
- particularly interested in the extensive
- discussion of the problems of co-
- residency contained in the original
- article (PC Magazine, Volume 5 Number
- 13), and in the .ASM listing that shows
- how to reprogram the 6845 video
- controller.
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