gjp@sei.cmu.edu (George Pandelios) (12/12/89)
Greetings Netlanders! A few weeks I posted a request for information concerning Digital Equipment Corporation LK250 keyboards. Specifically, I asked how these keyboards (which are laid out like VT220s but attach to IBM PC/XT/AT/Compatibles) could generate the CTRL-ALT-ESC sequence needed to reach my system's ROM SETUP. Well, the nice folks at Digital answered my question. The short answer is that because of the time (it preceeded most clones and was built strictly for the VAXmate) and the way it was designed, the keyboard is incapable of electronically generating that sequence. It does, however, generate CTRL-ALT-DEL. If you want to save the SETUP and restore it when your batteries wear out, then you must use a utility similar to CMOS (available from any Shareware house). Changing the SETUP from the keyboard will probably require a piece of low level code. My thanks to those who responded. George =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= George J. Pandelios ArpaNet: gjp@sei.cmu.edu Software Engineering Institute usenet: sei!gjp 4500 Fifth Avenue Voice: (412) 268-7186 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Disclaimer: These opinions are my own and do not reflect those of the Software Engineering Institute, its sponsors, customers, clients, affiliates, or Carnegie-Mellon University. In fact, any resemblence of these opinions to any individual, living or dead, fictional or real, is purely coincidental. So there. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=