turn off LCD/MONITOR using ACPI on MS-DOS!

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turn off LCD/MONITOR using ACPI on MS-DOS!

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hey i need some help,
i would like to implement something like this, in my case i must turn off lcd/monitor using an acpi method, i need to execute it on ms-dos, please someone can help me?

thanks!!
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Hi,

Have you looked at the ACPI specification? Is this homework?

You have a few options:
- Find a COM that will do it for you.
- Use ACPICA.
- Implement an AML interpreter from scratch.

Cheers,
Adam
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Hello Adam,

It's a small project from university, I've read ACPI specification, I don't know where to start.

I need to create a C program to run on MS-DOS, which turns off LCD pressing a key, and I need to write this code using ACPI, we can't use APM.
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Perhaps you should work on setting up your development environment, it'll be a little challenging to do anything at all without a working compiler.

After do you do that, ask your teacher/instructor for help.

HINT: This is not a small project.
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Re: turn off LCD/MONITOR using ACPI on MS-DOS!

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Hi,

I hope you've been given a long time for this...

Good luck,
Adam
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