U49271@uicvm.uic.edu (Francine Cannarozzi Jensen|BSB.B97|x6.5137) (11/16/90)
I'd like some input from users who have experience with the extended Mac keyboards. (I use a MacPlus) I recently purchased a Mac-101 Keyboard from Data Desk International. I use (an old version of) Red Ryder, like 9.2. My problem is Red Ryder disables the keymapping (F-key macro creation) function of MasterStroke, the software that was packaged with the keyboard. - In any case, I wanted to be able to use the F-keys when I am logged in to my University's IBM mainframe, and emulating VT100, and have an F1 be an F1 no matter what. <can you tell I am confused?> - I'd appreciate any comments, suggestions, or recommendations of a fix. Thanks!
DMANN@auvm.auvm.edu (Daniel Manning) (11/29/90)
In article <90320.093345U49271@uicvm.uic.edu>, Francine Cannarozzi Jensen|BSB.B97|x6.5137 <U49271@uicvm.uic.edu> says: > >- >In any case, I wanted to be able to use the F-keys when I am logged in to >my University's IBM mainframe, and emulating VT100, and have an F1 be an >F1 no matter what. <can you tell I am confused?> >- I use Red Rider 10.3 and MacroMaker, which comes free with the System 6 utility package. The macro works better than the Install Keyboard utility supplied with Red Rider. The first step is to determine what ASCII codes the mainframe is expecting for the special function keys. Your Systems Manager can easily supply this information. On our system, the mainframe looks for an Esc 1 as the PF1 code. The other PF and PA keys are: PF1 through PF12 Esc 1 through = (Top row of keyboard) PF13 through PF14 Esc q through Right Square Bracket (second row of the keyboard) PA1 and PA2 Esc . and Esc , Clear Esc O M Incidentally, if you invoke MacroMaker from within Red Rider, you can define the mapping as local; that is, the mapping will automatically be loaded when you enter Red Rider and cleared when you exit the application.