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Article #14Re: Scotty gets out his flame thrower over ADB
From: Darcy BROCKBANK
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 16:00
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 16:00
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In article <1992Oct24.142015.21925@splunge.uucp> royce@splunge.uucp (Royce Howland) writes: >dave@prim (Dave Griffiths) writes: > >It's certainly possible that NeXT didn't document things clearly enough, >but in the case of the keyboard scan-codes example, one doesn't need to >be a rocket surgeon to realize that there are probably other, more secure >ways for an app to get keyboard input than reading the raw scan codes, >whether one suspected ADB was coming or not. Going to the hardware on >any machine of this level of complexity is always a risk. All fine and dandy, but I still don't know what the "blessed: way of doing it is, and any mention of it in the docs is non-existent. Furthermore, I have example code from NeXT that does it the non-OOPC (Object Oriented Politically Correct :-) way. \ Someone please BROADCAST the OOPC way of doing it please, so we can end this discussion! - db >-- >Royce Howland, DKW Systems Corp. | "And since OS/2 2.0 is a 32-bit > Everything is IMHO | operating system, programs are easier >royce@splunge.uucp (NeXTMail OK) | to write and run faster, too." >or kakwa!atlantis!splunge!royce | ad for OS/2 2.0
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uwm.edu!ogicse!psgrain!charnel!sifon!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!samurai From: samurai@cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Scotty gets out his flame thrower over ADB Message-ID: <1992Oct27.160053.17974@cs.mcgill.ca> Date: 27 Oct 92 16:00:53 GMT Article-I.D.: cs.1992Oct27.160053.17974 References: <1c9pulINNl25@stephen.cs.ubc.ca> <1992Oct24.184745.19341@prim> <1992Oct24.142015.21925@splunge.uucp> Sender: news@cs.mcgill.ca (Netnews Administrator) Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 27