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From: jrm@cblpe.ATT.COM (John Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6300 Keyboard: swap Control & Caps Lock?
Message-ID: <618@cblpe.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 09:01:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: cblpe.618
Posted: Wed Aug 19 09:01:02 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 02:34:54 EDT
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> I am a new user of the ATT 6300 Plus, and I would like to swap the
> functions of the control and caps-lock key to conform more closely
> with the terminals I am used to (concept, z29).  Is this possible?
> I have DOS 3.1, UNIX, and Simultask.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Ellen
> 
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Some people would accuse me of doing it the hard way, but, I took the bottom
off of the keyboard and rewired it. It turns out that there are 2 jumpers
on the bottom that are soldered in. I removed them and replaced them
with 2 new jumpers which now cross. Then I removed the key caps, the
"caps lock" led, trimmed the "caps lock" key and switched their location.
It works as expected. 

There should be a soft method of doing the same thing because the keyboard
sends "scan codes" to the CPU when a key is hit. If the "caps lock" and "cntl"
key meanings were exchanged then the effect would be the same.

My solution was quick and dirty, it took about 1 hour to do.

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               J.R. Miller, AT&T Bell Labs, Columbus, OH
                      CB 1C-339 (614) 860-4314
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