[comp.sys.mac] Anyone ever exchange the ctrl and caps lock keys?

day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) (05/03/89)

I am hoping that it will be easy to take the
locking mechanism from the Caps Lock key and
install it on the Ctrl key, and then install
an init to exchange the mapping for the two
keys.  Anyone ever done that?  Am I dreaming?

You can exchange them on PC-Xenix and DOS.

 --dave yost

cswarren@gershwin.berkeley.edu (Warren Gish;269A LSA;x3-9219) (05/03/89)

In article <491@grand.UUCP> day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes:
>I am hoping that it will be easy to take the
>locking mechanism from the Caps Lock key and
>install it on the Ctrl key, and then install
>an init to exchange the mapping for the two
>keys.  Anyone ever done that?  Am I dreaming?
>
>You can exchange them on PC-Xenix and DOS.
>
> --dave yost

Yes, it is easy to swap the keys.  The re-mapping was accomplished
by cutting a couple of copper traces on the keyboard's circuit board
and soldering on a couple of wires.  Very easy if you can keep from
going cross-eyed following the traces.  No messy software to deal with,
either.  And now the pinkie on my left hand rarely has a bad day! :-)

Warren Gish
Consultant for Biology
U C Berkeley