acreew@V3.HANSCOM.AF.MIL (MAJ WILLIAM ACREE) (09/24/90)
E L E C T R O N I C M A I L (DDN Host Address: V3.HANSCOM.AF.MIL) Date: 23-Sep-1990 14:41 From: Lt Col William A. Acree Username: ACREEW Dept: ESD/OL-FA Tel No: (206) 657-1235 TO: _WINS% ( _DDN[INFO-APPLE@BRL.MIL] ) Subject: HELP - WORDSTAR on a II+ with VIDEX Videoterm, no Ctrl-K??? I have two Apple II+ machines. I just got the second one second hand as a word processor for one of my college kids. I have been working with Wordstar on my primary machine which has BOTH a VIDEX Videoterm and Keyboard Enhancer. It works great. The new machine has only the Videoterm 80-column board in slot and has the standard Apple II keyboard. There are other variables in the machines configured as follows: Primary Apple that works: 16K Memory Expansion - Apple Language Card CP/M card - MICROPRO STARCARD (Applicard application) in slot 5 Keyboard - Videx Keyboard Enhancer with shift key modification Terminal - VIDEX Videoterm in slot 3 CP/M - Digital Research Operating system delivered with STARCARD by license to Micropro for use on the Applicard. New Apple that doesn't sense Ctrl-K: 16 K Memory Expansion - Apple Language Card CP/M card - Digital Research CPM/CARD (TM) in slot 4 Keyboard - standard Apple II with one wire shift key modification Terminal - VIDEX Videoterm in slot 3 The problem is that on the new machine without the enhanced keyboard WORDSTAR will not recognize the Ctrl-K to enter the menu to save documents. I get either a bracket <[> or a brace <{> depending on the Ctrl-A state of the videoterm. On the enhanced keyboard machine the Ctrl-A interface with the Videoterm seems disconnected and the Ctrl-A is passed to WORDSTAR properly with the bracket and brace being generated by the enhancer per documentation. I have no problem with the machine with the enhanced keyboard. I have tried each of the different WORDSTAR configuration options for terminals both with and without the one wire shift modification. I see there is a note in my videoterm manual from VIDEX about a problem with Ctrl-K and Ctrl-M and WORDSTAR Ver 3.0 that states VIDEX expected MICROPRO to correct the problem in a later release. I have Ver 3.31. Does anyone on the net have a solution to this problem other than getting another keyboard enhancer. Please reply by e-mail on the ARPA/DDN internet to ACREEW@v3.hanscom.af.mil. Thanks in advance Bill Acree ARPA:ACREEW@v3.hanscom.af.mil