Re: A83: Battery level?

Re: A83: Battery level?

• To: Dan E <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
• Subject: Re: A83: Battery level?
• From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
• Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:52:45 +0100
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On 18-Jan-99, Dan E wrote:

>Hmm...can you check relative values or just good/bad?

>-Dan

Just good/bad I'm afraid. But someone came up with a great idea on this list
quite a while ago; if you want to code a battery meter, just read the user's
contrast setting! =)

Linus

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>>
>>On 18-Jan-99, Stefan Lennartsson wrote:
>>
>>>Do anyone know how to check the battery level?
>>
>>>/Stefan
>>
>>Sure, check bit 0 at port 14h (though you might have to write some stuff to
>>some other ports first, I'm really not sure about this). Now, the OS reads
>>the battery at startup, and if it was ok, bit 5 in iy+18h is set, and thus
>>you can just check this bit.
>>
>>Linus
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