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lampon()  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

lampon - turns on display lights on the keyboard

SPECIFICATION

C
lampon(lamps)
char lamps;

FORTRAN
subroutine lampon(lamps)
integer*4 lamps

Pascal
procedure lampon(lamps: longint);

DESCRIPTION

lampon turns on any combination of the four user-controllable lamps on the keyboard.  The four low-order bits of the argument lamps control lamps 1 through 4.  When running on an IRIS 2000 or 2200 vkernel the lampon takes 39msec to execute.  If the lampon commands are not separated by at least 40msec, then the keyboard locks. 

SEE ALSO

clkon, clkoff, lampoff, ringbell, setbell

NOTE

This command can be used only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.4  —  May 08, 1986

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