NAME

lampon − turns on the keyboard display lights

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-controlled lamps on the keyboard.  The four low-order bits of lamps control lamps 1 through 4. 

When running on an IRIS 2000 or 2200 vkernel, lampon takes 39msec to execute.  If lampon routines are not separated by at least 40msec, the keyboard locks. 

SEE ALSO

clkon, clkoff, lampoff, ringbell, setbell IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 7.4, Controlling Peripheral Input/Output Devices

NOTE

This routine is available only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986