Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw From: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <13952@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 31 Aug 89 18:16:10 GMT References: <8908242109.aa00922@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> <10843@smoke.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 24 In article <10843@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <8908242109.aa00922@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> UD161733@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Mike Aos) writes: >>? If it's on the keyboard, is it on Mac SE keyboards also? I've always >>thought it would be nice to have one of those keyboards instead. > >I'm pretty sure Mac ADB keyboards work on the IIGS, although there won't >be any support for keys beyond what the IIGS normally comes with. Mac keyboards work on the GS. I've tried the Apple Extended Keyboard on my GS and it works fine. All the keys return specific codes for those programs that watch for them. For example, Z-Link can be programmed to do something if the F7 key is pressed. Presumably, there are other programs that allow this. Any program that ignores codes that could only be generated by the Extended Keyboard (or other keyboards) is doing itself a disservice. For those who are curious: pressing function keys or whatnot returns the keycode with the keypad bit set. Thus F1 is for example (but not really, since I don't know the code) Keypad-a. Dave Whitney A junior (well, a senior) in Computer Science at MIT dcw@athena.mit.edu ...!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw dcw@goldilocks.mit.edu I wrote Z-Link & BinSCII. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info. "This is MIT. Collect and 3rd party calls will not be accepted at this number."