lmb7421@ultb.UUCP (L.M. Barstow) (04/15/89)
Could any technical gurus out there help with the following questions? a) how do you turn the Lights (capsLock, NumLock, ScrollLock) on an extended keyboard on/off from a GS? b) how do you access the data from the keyboard (keycodes) directly? Also, how do you insert keystrokes into the buffer? c) is there any way to connect a GS to a System 38 through a twin-axial company? Thanks in advance, -- Les Barstow LMB7421@RITVAX.BITNET ...rutgers!rochester!ritcv!ultb!lmb7421.UUCP "I know you think you know what you thought I said, but you don't realize that what you thought I said was not what I meant"
REWING@TRINCC.BITNET (04/17/89)
To maybe attack a few of these questions: Programming the num-lock, caps lock and scroll lock lights of an extended keyboard is an is an art of black magic, even on the Macintosh. Its documented deep in a technote somewhere, but even then, its not easy. It can probaly be done from a GS, but I wouldn't know how. Yes, the keyboard can be read "directly", through ADB, if you really want to. Inserting that keystroke into the buffer yourself is strange. Why manually do something the IIgs already does? As far as the last request goes, you're in luck. A company called KMW makes a twin-axial protocol converter that's compatible with just about anything that uses a serial port. All the software on your computer has to do is talk VT-100, which is a no-brainer. We have sveral of the suckers in our Charlotte, NC distribution center, where they talk to our brand new, incredible disgusting IBM AS/400. --Rick Ewing Apple Atlanta
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (04/17/89)
In article <8904161831.aa01745@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> REWING@TRINCC.BITNET writes: > >Programming the num-lock, caps lock and scroll lock lights of an extended >keyboard is an is an art of black magic, even on the Macintosh. Its >documented deep in a technote somewhere, but even then, its not easy. >It can probaly be done from a GS, but I wouldn't know how. It's not in an Apple II Tech Note, that's for sure. Glenn Baxter (formerly of Apple II DTS) wrote a small CDA that did this using the ADB toolset, and it's present on AppleLink Personal Edition. >--Rick Ewing > Apple Atlanta ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that AppleLink PE: Matt DTS GEnie: AIIDTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its CompuServe: 76703,3030 | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, Usenet: mattd@apple.com | have any opinion on any subject." UUCP: (other stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (04/17/89)
In article <688@ultb.UUCP> lmb7421@ultb.UUCP (L.M. Barstow (674SPS)) writes: >Could any technical gurus out there help with the following questions? > >b) how do you access the data from the keyboard (keycodes) directly? > Also, how do you insert keystrokes into the buffer? You can move the ADB keyboard to another device number, then set up your own completion routine to handle the key events. You will then get the down and up transition of each key. You then post each event with a SendInfo call to the ADB tool set using the keyCode command. This is all documented in chapter 3 of Volume 1 of the tool box references. If you would like some example code, then email me with your address and I will get it to you. >-- >Les Barstow LMB7421@RITVAX.BITNET >...rutgers!rochester!ritcv!ultb!lmb7421.UUCP >"I know you think you know what you thought I said, but >you don't realize that what you thought I said was not what I meant" Cary Farrier -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message does in no way reflect the views or opinions of | | any organization. In fact, they illustrate just how | | disorganized things really are. | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (04/17/89)
In article <8904161831.aa01745@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> REWING@TRINCC.BITNET writes: >To maybe attack a few of these questions: > >Inserting that keystroke into the buffer yourself is strange. Why >manually do something the IIgs already does? > I wrote a journaling program that took over the keyboard and recorded the keystrokes, then re-inserted them into the system. When you played it back, it would again re-insert the keystrokes into the system. It would also come in useful for alternate input devices (for the physically imparied, for example): if a person could not manipulate a normal keyboard then perhaps they could manipulate a special one, which would require special system software to support it. >--Rick Ewing > Apple Atlanta Cary Farrier -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message does in no way reflect the views or opinions of | | any organization. In fact, they illustrate just how | | disorganized things really are. | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
erast1@cisunx.UUCP (Evan Ron Aussenberg) (04/18/89)
In article <8904161831.aa01745@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> REWING@TRINCC.BITNET writes: >To maybe attack a few of these questions: > >Programming the num-lock, caps lock and scroll lock lights of an extended >keyboard is an is an art of black magic, even on the Macintosh. Its >documented deep in a technote somewhere, but even then, its not easy. >It can probaly be done from a GS, but I wouldn't know how. >--Rick Ewing > Apple Atlanta A day or so ago I saw a GS perm. init on GEnie that is suppose to make the lights work on the Apple Keyboard. I don't have the extended keyboard so I didn't download the file. If someone downloads it, let use know how it works! Evan Ron Aussenberg / erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu
labc-3dc@web-3c.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) (04/19/89)
In article <17575@cisunx.UUCP> erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Evan Ron Aussenberg) writes: >A day or so ago I saw a GS perm. init on GEnie that is suppose to make >the lights work on the Apple Keyboard. I don't have the extended >keyboard so I didn't download the file. If someone downloads it, let >use know how it works! Or better yet, post it to the net. I can get at an extended keyboard (for the next few weeks anyway), and it would be interesting to try... > Evan Ron Aussenberg / erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu -- fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) ...!ucbvax!cory!fadden labc-3dc@widow.berkeley.edu