Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : CHOICES2.ZIP
Filename : NUMOFF.ASM
This program turns off the NumLock key. It is used prior to programs
that require the use of the arrow keys and page keys.
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cseg segment
org 100h
assume cs:cseg, ds:cseg, ss:cseg ;all segments set to CSEG
start:
sub ax,ax ;set the extra segment to 0
mov es,ax
mov al,11011111b ;prepare to turn off bit 5
and es:[417h],al ;set the numlock off
int 20h ;end the program
cseg ends
end start
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This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
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