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Article #7386Re: reading keys from the keyboard (without exec)
From: Rik Harris
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 01:50
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 01:50
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peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>In article <1990Dec10.113212.2038@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes:
>>
>>***WARNING If you are one of those squeamish people who don't
>>believe in ever accessing hardware without Exec's permission, then
>>don't read this article.
>>
>>I have been spending some time trying to read keys from the amiga
>>keyboard.
>Ah, one of those guys! PLEASE, when you read the keyboard, then
>TAKE NOTICE that the majority of sold Amigas does NOT use the
>US layout of the keyboard but different keymaps! If you don't
>consider this, then you're lost for over 1 million Amiga owners!
>OK?
>(BTW, I hate Uedit. Why? It doesn't know keymaps. Shame on it, trash.)
Take a close look at my address, and you will find that I come from
Australia (shock!).
At this stage, I *know* my programs will not work properly on US
machines, as they use that horrible NTSC ``standard'' (erk!).
Besides, I would have to have a pretty large ego if I thought my
OS would be distributed overseas :-)
Thank-you for the advice, though. Does anyone else have any
particular annoyances (such as PAL/NTSC checking...I don't want
another flame war, though :-) that should be taken into account for
compatability. (eg, are the hardware registers described in the
hardware RKM the same for a 3000????)
(btw, I hate Uedit too. Why? 'cause it's not vi!! :-)
>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions...
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
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new address! rik@sola.fcit.monash.edu.au | even a fool can use,
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Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Australia | want to use it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu1!monu6!edp367s From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: reading keys from the keyboard (without exec) Keywords: keyboard programming anti-exec Message-ID: <1990Dec12.015008.14020@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 12 Dec 90 01:50:08 GMT References: <1990Dec10.113212.2038@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <630@cbmger.UUCP> Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus Lines: 41