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From: "Nimrod A. Abing" <n_abing AT ns DOT roxas-online DOT net DOT ph>
Subject: Re: Turning off monitor ?
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At 01:20 PM 05/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I haven't tried to do it from DJGPP, but here is a code fragment from a
Borland
>C++ app I use:
>
>   _AX = 0x4F10;
>   _BL = 0x01;
>   _BH = mode;
>   geninterrupt(0x10);
>
>mode: 0=on, 1=standby, 2=suspend, 4=off.  It's probably straightforward to
>translate this to DJGPP-compatible calls.  I got the info from Ralf Brown's
>interrupt list:
>
>   http://www.ctyme.com/rbrown.htm
>
>You should be aware that some interesting things can happen if you attempt
to use
>alt-tab to switch back to Windows while the monitor is sleeping.  Hope this
>helps.

An even more interesting thing happens when the Windoze APM kicks in. Don't
use this inside a Windoze DOS box.

Bye!

nimrod_a_abing
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