Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: One finger control sequences Message-ID: <9012191737.AA10606@apple.com> Date: 19 Dec 90 17:33:34 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 On Wed, 19 Dec 90 00:51:48 cst Throop,Henry B said: > >Assuming you do need this feature, it should be possible, with a bit >of soldering, to wire a simple toggle pushbutton in place of the control >keyswitch, similar to the caps lock key. This might be somewhat risky, but >it's the only way I see to do that from hardware; the control key doesn't >have a signal line on the cable from the keyboard to the motherboard. Are you sure? I have a PC Transporter and some of the software I use with it can sense when I'm holding down -just- the control key (same with right and left shift keys) and I didn't have to reconnect my keyboard to another port. Although, I may be wrong, it seems that there should be a way to detect it if the PCT can do it. >Henry >-- >Henry Throop >THROOP@GRIN1.BITNET >throoph@jacobs.cs.orst.edu ---------------------------------------- Michael J. Quinn University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com