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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Enhanced Keyboard Scan Codes
Summary: need to use newer interrupt call
Message-ID: <23cf3ecd@ralf>
Date: 14 Jan 89 12:36:29 GMT
Sender: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu
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In-Reply-To: <914@starfish.Convergent.COM>

In article <914@starfish.Convergent.COM>, jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins) writes:
}What I wonder is why programs designed to read scan codes (SHOWKEYS for
}example) do not return a value for F11 and F12.  Sometime I'll have to
}investigate.

Because you have to use INT 16h/AH=10h,11h,12h to read the new keys.  The old
calls with AH=00h,01h,02h *throw*out* the new keystrokes.
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