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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: reading keys from the keyboard (without exec)
Keywords: keyboard programming anti-exec
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.015008.14020@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 12 Dec 90 01:50:08 GMT
References: <1990Dec10.113212.2038@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <630@cbmger.UUCP>
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peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:

>In article <1990Dec10.113212.2038@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes:
>>
>>***WARNING   If you are one of those squeamish people who don't
>>believe in ever accessing hardware without Exec's permission, then
>>don't read this article.
>>
>>I have been spending some time trying to read keys from the amiga
>>keyboard.

>Ah, one of those guys! PLEASE, when you read the keyboard, then
>TAKE NOTICE that the majority of sold Amigas does NOT use the
>US layout of the keyboard but different keymaps! If you don't
>consider this, then you're lost for over 1 million Amiga owners!
>OK?
>(BTW, I hate Uedit. Why? It doesn't know keymaps. Shame on it, trash.)

Take a close look at my address, and you will find that I come from 
Australia (shock!).
At this stage, I *know* my programs will not work properly on US
machines, as they use that horrible NTSC ``standard'' (erk!).

Besides, I would have to have a pretty large ego if I thought my
OS would be distributed overseas :-)

Thank-you for the advice, though.  Does anyone else have any
particular annoyances (such as PAL/NTSC checking...I don't want
another flame war, though :-) that should be taken into account for
compatability.  (eg, are the hardware registers described in the
hardware RKM the same for a 3000????)

(btw, I hate Uedit too.  Why?   'cause it's not vi!!   :-)

>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
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