SASQUATCH@ALBION.BITNET ("Kevin Lepard, 629-1827", 517) (10/23/89)
>As an aside - if you folks out there at BB really want to make the word "Ultra" >mean something in the name of the program, figure out how to "divorce" it from >AppleWorks and make it a stand-alone keystroke recorder/player, available for >use with any program. That kind of capability is readily available on the two >machines that are usually the object of attack in this group. I would wager a >substantial (for me) sum of money that a tremendous number of people would find >a product like that to be an extremely worthwhile purchase. (I suspect it >would also be quite difficult, if not impossible, to implement.) Well, I don't know about the difficulty in implementing this beast, but there are at least _two_ generic macro programs for the GS, the first is MacroMate from (I think) Robert Wagner Publishing, and the second is Diversikey from DSR, Inc. I haven't used the first one, but I use the second one all the time, and it is one of the reasons I haven't gotten a 10Mhz Rocket Chip and gone back to my //e. Bill Basham is working on an update to the program right now, and I'm waiting to post until he's finished it. Diversikey is shareware, costs $45, and is well worth every penny. Diversikey can record keystrokes, etc., and has a number of other capabilities, including the ability to monitor memory locations (useful in writing more advanced, program-like macros). It's a really good program. Insert standard disclaimer about not having anything to do with the program except using it here. > >-Rich Sims- > >UUCP: crash!pro-exchange!rich >ARPA: crash!pro-exchange!rich@nosc.mil >INET: rich@pro-exchange.cts.com Kevin Lepard Bitnet: Sasquatch@albion.bitnet Disclaimer: These opinions do not necessarily represent those of Albion College.
blochowi@rt4.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak) (10/24/89)
In article <8910230852.aa13490@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SASQUATCH@ALBION.BITNET ("Kevin Lepard, 629-1827", 517) writes: >> [Some stuff about separating UltraMacros from the TimeOut stuff and making >> it a general purpose recording/playback thingie] > [Comments about MacroMate and DiversiKey] One problem with both of those programs - they require either the Apple or Option key (depending on the program) to be held down before you press a key. This makes those neat keys I have on my extended keyboard absolutely useless (although the feel of the keyboard is nicer, and there are other reasons for owning it). Basically, they both seem to install a HeartBeat handler, monitor the keyboard modifiers register, and when the trigger key goes down, it sits there and either waits for the trigger to go back up (in which case it does nothing) or for the user to press a key (in which case it stuffs the input buffer). Can someone from Apple comment on how the keyboard uController auto-polls the keyboard? And how that could be simulated in software running on the //gs? It'd be great to have the function keys, pg up/dn, etc. work, and if those worked, it'd be real easy to program the rest of the keys... >>-Rich Sims- >Kevin Lepard -- Jason Blochowiak - back at school (again). blochowi@garfield.cs.wisc.edu or jason@madnix.UUCP "I'm having nightmares about a white Halloween..." (Sung to the tune of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas")