[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] OmnyKey/102 keyboard info wanted

kvitekp@jvd.msk.su (Pete Kvitek) (12/28/90)

     Hi!
     I'm using Northgate's OmniKey/102 keyboard, one with the function
  keys on the left and i really love it...
     This keyboard allows you to exchange positions of the Ctrl and
  CapsLock keys. So i have Ctrl key next to the letter 'A' and CapsLock
  close to the letter 'X'.
     The problem is that I don't use CapsLock key often and would prefer
  to have Alt at it's place. I understand that this can be done by some
  sort of the keyboard remapping TSR, but this would no work under MS
  Windows. Moreover, the latest NorthGate ads in various computer
  magazines state that current version of the same OmniKey/102 keyboard
  allows you to exchange positions of Alt, Ctrl and CapsLock keys!
     Great, that's exactly what i need ... but it's almost impossible to
  get any piece of hardware upgraded from my part of the world (calling
  Tech. Support can also take forever)  :-(
     So I'm asking the netland: does anybody out there know the
  difference between old and current OmniKey/102 versions? I suspect
  that it's only in the keyboard controller's EPROM.
     Another question: if there is NorthGate's BBS phone numbers
  available, or, better yet, some e-mail addresses, could some kind soul
  send them to me ?
     Thanks in advance,
     > Pete
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