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Article #40934Re: New Atari ST keyboard
From: Mark Boyd
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 03:41
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 03:41
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I'm the person who adapted a DEC keyboard to the ST. I did it because I wanted a better keyboard that retained the DEC layout. I also do stuff with PC's and I seriously considered using an extended PC keyboard. There would not be a problem with shift keys or the alt key or whatever. The ST, in many ways, copies the PC. The keyboard is one of those ways! PC keyboards and Atari keyboards send similar scan codes. They send those codes whenever a key is pressed and whenever it is released. No problems there. The problem is in the interface between the keyboard and the PC. It requires extra circuitry to interface, while the DEC keyboard does not. On the other hand, the DEC keyboard doesn't distinguish between the two shift keys. Big deal. Mark Boyd mark@ccvr1.ncsu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!uflorida!mephisto!ncsuvx!news From: mark@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Mark Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: New Atari ST keyboard Summary: PC keyboards are very similar to ST keyboards Keywords: keyboard Message-ID: <1990Feb16.034130.3887@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 16 Feb 90 03:41:30 GMT References: <1129@carroll1.cc.edu> <2048@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1990Feb12.020657.25422@gumby.cc.wmich.edu> <1990Feb15.163924.22221@diku.dk> Sender: Mark Boyd Reply-To: mark@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Mark Boyd) Organization: Univ. of North Carolina - Asheville Lines: 15