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* [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?
@ 2011-09-06 17:43 meino.cramer
  2011-09-06 17:51 ` Michael Mol
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From: meino.cramer @ 2011-09-06 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Gentoo

Hi,

short question:
Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard
processor itsself or do they react on signals send 
back from the system when recogizing a - for example 
-- "Caps Lock event" ?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!

Best regards,
mcc






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* Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?
  2011-09-06 17:43 [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what? meino.cramer
@ 2011-09-06 17:51 ` Michael Mol
  2011-09-06 22:11   ` meino.cramer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael Mol @ 2011-09-06 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> short question:
> Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard
> processor itsself or do they react on signals send
> back from the system when recogizing a - for example
> -- "Caps Lock event" ?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any help!

On a PC, they're controlled by the PC.

For fun, check out the old 'blinkenlights' program.

-- 
:wq



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* Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?
  2011-09-06 17:51 ` Michael Mol
@ 2011-09-06 22:11   ` meino.cramer
  2011-09-06 22:27     ` Michael Mol
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: meino.cramer @ 2011-09-06 22:11 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> [11-09-06 23:55]:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > short question:
> > Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard
> > processor itsself or do they react on signals send
> > back from the system when recogizing a - for example
> > -- "Caps Lock event" ?
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> 
> On a PC, they're controlled by the PC.
> 
> For fun, check out the old 'blinkenlights' program.
> 
> -- 
> :wq
> 

Hi Michael,

thank you very much for the info! 


Blinkenlights switches lights of scyscrapers....?

Best regards,
mcc




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* Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Keyboard LEDs driven by what?
  2011-09-06 22:11   ` meino.cramer
@ 2011-09-06 22:27     ` Michael Mol
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael Mol @ 2011-09-06 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> [11-09-06 23:55]:
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > short question:
>> > Are the LEDs of a PC-keyboard driven by the keyboard
>> > processor itsself or do they react on signals send
>> > back from the system when recogizing a - for example
>> > -- "Caps Lock event" ?
>> >
>> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
>>
>> On a PC, they're controlled by the PC.
>>
>> For fun, check out the old 'blinkenlights' program.
>>
>> --
>> :wq
>>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> thank you very much for the info!
>
>
> Blinkenlights switches lights of scyscrapers....?

A little before that. ca. 1996.

http://www.twoguys.org/~gregh/software/


-- 
:wq



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