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Re: ][+ lowercase adapter?

On 10/20/2012 03:52 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote:

I picked up a ][+ with a small board on the pins between the keyboard and the
encoder board.  It says "HUME" or "HOME" in a stylized logo.  There's a wire
soldered to the Apple encoder and another to pin 1 of an LS251 in the right
rear corner of the board - just in front of the joystick socket.  There's also
a Bourns trimpot on the board with no marking for function.

I don't seem to get lowercase letters, but may not be understanding how this
is supposed to work.  I was a latecomer to the A2 world in that my first
machine was a 2e in 1983.  Missed all the fun with ][ and ][+ :-)
I disassembled the machine and pulled out the board. It's labeled "Repeaterrrrrrr" on the front. I assume this automatic keyboard repeat that kicks in after a key is down more than a few seconds? The trimpot is probably the delay or repeat time, then. 

This ][+ was in terrific shape and cleaned up real nicely.