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INT 15.87 in protected mode (Developers)

posted by bretjohn  , Rio Rancho, NM, 08.09.2011, 18:19

> For start I plan to write a small utility which turns my notebook off.
> I have the HP Pavilion dv6, it has no APM support (only ACPI) and FDAPM
> from FreeDOS, althouhg it has some limited support for ACPI, is not able to
> turn it off.

I have a similar situation to yours, a laptop (in my case, a Sony) that has ACPI but not APM. If you're interested, I have an unreleased program I started to write a couple of years ago called SLOWACPI. I intended the program as an "adjunct" to my SLOWDOWN program, planning to eventually integrate the CPU Duty Cycle/Throttling capability directly into SLOWDOWN. This is similar to the THROTTLE program or what FDAPM does with its SpeedN options, but SLOWACPI doesn't do the APM energy management stuff that FDAPM does -- it just manipulates the CPU duty cycle to slow the computer down, or completely shuts off the computer. SLOWACPI is able to shut off my Sony Laptop, so it might work on your HP as well.

If you want, I'll privately send you the program and source code to try out. It's not yet ready for a public release, but may be help you with your immediate goals.

Complete thread:

• INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 29.08.2011, 14:11 (Developers)
  • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 29.08.2011, 23:28
    • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Japheth, 30.08.2011, 05:27
      • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 30.08.2011, 05:37
      • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 30.08.2011, 07:22
        • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Japheth, 30.08.2011, 08:47
          • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 31.08.2011, 01:30
            • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 31.08.2011, 07:33
              • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 31.08.2011, 21:27
                • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 02.09.2011, 07:10
                  • INT 15.87 in protected mode - marcov, 02.09.2011, 09:58
                    • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 03.09.2011, 21:49
                      • INT 15.87 in protected mode - DOS386, 04.09.2011, 12:43
            • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Japheth, 31.08.2011, 10:11
              • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 31.08.2011, 21:25
                • INT 15.87 in protected mode - ecm, 01.09.2011, 02:17
                  • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 01.09.2011, 04:31
                    • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 01.09.2011, 05:00
  • INT 15.87 in protected mode - RayeR, 07.09.2011, 10:28
    • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 07.09.2011, 12:28
      • INT 15.87 in protected mode - RayeR, 07.09.2011, 21:05
        • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 08.09.2011, 07:33
          • INT 15.87 in protected mode - bretjohn, 08.09.2011, 18:19
            • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Laaca, 08.09.2011, 22:39
              • INT 15.87 in protected mode - Rugxulo, 08.09.2011, 22:50
          • INT 15.87 in protected mode - RayeR, 08.09.2011, 22:27
            • INT 15.87 in protected mode - bretjohn, 09.09.2011, 00:31
              • INT 15.87 in protected mode - RayeR, 09.09.2011, 01:51
                • INT 15.87 in protected mode - bretjohn, 09.09.2011, 20:09
                • INT 15.87 in protected mode - bretjohn, 09.09.2011, 23:17