Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:53:20 +0100 (MET) | From | DAVID BALAZIC <> | Subject | Re: SPARCstation's power led goes off upon kernel init |
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Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch@wcnet.org) wrote :
> 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...
Older Amiga computers had this feature too, but then they changed it so that one could only switch it between two levels of intensity. A good reason for this is , that if the Power LED is off , someone might think that the machine is not powered on and try to "turn it on". It happened a few times with a PC server here , which had the LEDs disconnected. After being turned off by accindent a few times , the admin took the time to open the case and connect the wires :-)
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