Re: [MiNT] XaAES language detection via appl_getinfo()

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:08:47 , Jean-François Lemaire <jflemaire@skynet.be> wrote:
> On Friday 27 January 2012 22:06:16 Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> > Am 27.01.2012, 21:24 Uhr, schrieb Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>
> :
> > > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 13:50 +0100, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> > >> The problem here is that the AKP-cookie on my TT and on aranym
> > >> (EmuTOS)
> > >> is
> > >> 1, which means keyboard German, language English, even though the
> > >> values
> > >> in NVM are both German. That's why I introduced this. But one shou
> ld
> > >> not
> > >> fix one bug with another.
> > >
> > > I just checked with FireTOS on my Firebee, and both values are corr
> ectly
> > > set.
> >
> > I have a feeling this only works since Falcon-TOS.
>
> Yes, as far as I know, AKP is Falcon only. On previous systems, you cou
> ld read
> the system OSHEADER struct to obtain the language:
> http://toshyp.atari.org/en/010009.html#OSHEADER
>
> Cheers,
> JFL

I think the Milan also uses NVRAM for the language but it's 10-12 years
since I had to fiddle with it.

Regards,
Peter