"MACRO" key on ubiquitous BTC-53 keyboards.

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From: Steve -Social Hacker
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 01:50

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I haven't seen this discussed before and just *have* to ask.. Has
anyone found a use or way of using that key labeled MACRO?

It's that dormant key in the lower-left corner of almost all BTC
AT keyboards.. (which seem pretty common).

The (skimpy) docs that came with the keyboard claim that a program by
BTC can use this key for macros of some sort, so it has to be
reachable from DOS somehow...

It doesn't seem to generate a scan-code or anything, so how would one
detect it?

In 386-Unix, the X11 xterm port uses it for scrolling back one page,
so it has to be documented/known by someone!


Just the thought of a wasted key on the board... :)

-Steve 
-- 
}>> Steve Haehnichen <<{
  shaehnichen@ucsd.edu      Disclaimer: UCSD and I do not share any opinions.

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