SECTION 2
Supporting DOS Applications
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6100 Computer Programmer’s Reference Guide
DOS Power Management Driver: NORDOSPM.EXE
Overview
NORDOSPM.EXE, which is part of the Advanced Power Management (APM)
system when running under DOS, is the DOS power management driver interĆ
face between applications and the APM BIOS. NORDOSPM.EXE must be
installed as a device driver at system startup time.
NORDOSPM.EXE gathers information from the APM BIOS and broadcasts it to
APMĆaware applications. It also monitors DOS function calls and notifies the
APM BIOS when the system is busy. In addition, NORDOSPM.EXE allows the
configuration of certain power management settings at installation time.
Figure 2Ć1 below is a simplified diagram of Power Management Software:
NORDOSPM.EXE
ELANAPM
BIOS
Hardware
The DOS power management driver.
The APM BIOS installation for DOS.
The system BIOS.
The 6100 Computer hardware.
Figure 2Ć1
Power Management Software
Installation
NORDOSPM.EXE, which is installed as a device driver in the CONFIG.SYS file,
requires ELANAPM.EXE and must be installed after ELANAPM.EXE. The
following would be a typical entry in the CONFIG.SYS file:
device=elanapm.exe
device=nordospm.exe
Refer to the
APM BIOS Interfaces: ELANAPM.EXE
paragraph, in the
ConverĆ
sions and Interfaces
section for a detailed description of ELANAPM.EXE, the
APM BIOS driver.
Command Line Switches
Refer to the Microsoft documentation for the APM applications command line
switches.
2. DOS
Applications
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