From: "Rafal Maj" <maj_rafal AT poczta DOT onet DOT pl>
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Subject: Odp: Turning off monitor ?
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 16:35:40 +0200
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:( Tih doesn't work either in DOSbox or in plain DOS :

#include <dpmi.h>
#include <dos.h>
int main() {
 __dpmi_regs r;
  r.x.ax = 0x4F10;
  r.x.bx = 0x01 + 4<<8;
 __dpmi_int (0x10, &r);
 // mode: 0=on, 1=standby, 2=suspend, 4=off.
delay(6000);
//...
}

Please help
Raf256

Użytkownik Eric Rudd <rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com> w wiadomooci do grup
dyskusyjnych napisał:3B0D50EC DOT 80EBC0A9 AT cyberoptics DOT com...
> "Nimrod A. Abing" wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >does somebody have idea how to turn off monitor (set it to sleep mode)
from
> > >DJGPP program (and then turn it on ?)
> 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.
> -Eric Rudd
> rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com