On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, M.Brands wrote:
>
> Why should this be a problem or a bug? I used to run NetBSD on a SS5-170
> and you could get the LED to indicate the load! Blink once a second for
> a load between 0-1, once every two seconds for a load between 1-2, etc.
>
> Pretty cool, if you ask me. They probably just changed the code the drives
> the LED.
>
Damn... Makes me wanna drop the Intel computers! J/K
However, that is a nice thing to be able to do - control a LED and use it
for custom things. It could be done for an Intel on a keyboard on one of
the least used lights: Scroll lock.
I think it's a neat idea. Hm. Maybe when I know enough on how to friggin
program, I'll see about writing a kernel patch to do just that...
Back to learning C...
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