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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:30:30
Message-Id: CA+czFiBtcJ7DAXNM_rz6U8i3vRveoDixKZ2Fg-T5MWM_OBO78g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> [11-09-06 23:55]:
3 >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM,  <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
4 >> > Hi,
5 >> >
6 >> > short question:
7 >> > Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard
8 >> > processor itsself or do they react on signals send
9 >> > back from the system when recogizing a - for example
10 >> > -- "Caps Lock event" ?
11 >> >
12 >> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
13 >>
14 >> On a PC, they're controlled by the PC.
15 >>
16 >> For fun, check out the old 'blinkenlights' program.
17 >>
18 >> --
19 >> :wq
20 >>
21 >
22 > Hi Michael,
23 >
24 > thank you very much for the info!
25 >
26 >
27 > Blinkenlights switches lights of scyscrapers....?
28
29 A little before that. ca. 1996.
30
31 http://www.twoguys.org/~gregh/software/
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34 --
35 :wq