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Katrina Woodward <katrina@ihuxf.UUCP> asks about how the keyboard works
and how CAPCTRL (and by extension other loadable drivers) work.  Other
people have asked about THE STORE, so here goes.

THE STORE! is a service by which people can order unsupported unix pc
software. It functions rather like the AT&T Toolchest. Currently it is
restricted to AT&T personnel only. If and when this changes the net will
be notified. All credit to Fred Hicinbothem for setting it up. I wouldn't
be mentioning it at all except that there has been a lot of mentions of
it, largely by AT&T people cross-posting between AT&T newsgroups and the
rest of the net. If the general public (you guys out there!) would like
access to THE STORE then start yelling at your AT&T account reps, not me!

About the keyboard: basically yes it is fully programmable (without going
into too many gory details).

Loadable drivers (like CAPCTRL): fundamentally these all work by getting
loaded into kernel space, then stomping on however many entry points
within the kernel they need.  Then when any kernel event happens the code
that handles it is the loadable driver, not the original driver. There are
certain protocols (in the diplomatic, not the telecomms sense) involved in
installing and removing loadable drivers.

Paul will not posting the source to CAPCTL to the net, neither will anyone
else in AT&T if they want to keep their job. That code is proprietary.

-- 
Jonathan Clark
[NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc

My walk has become rather more silly lately.