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Re: Complete Information on MM5740 Keyboard Decoder Found!
- Subject: Re: Complete Information on MM5740 Keyboard Decoder Found!
- From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:53:44 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Mac GUI
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mwillegal wrote:
> and if you have a keyboard with one of these encoders, try this trick:
>
> type and hold down M, then N, then B (holding all the keys down) - you'll
> see another character come in. There are many other 3 character
> combinations that will cause extra characters to come in. True N-key
> rollover keyboards require diodes in the matrix in order to work
correctly.
> Datanetics/Apple left them out.
Oh, yeah. Try ASDF.
I had some meandering thoughts about making a chart of all of the key
combinations over the summer, but I had better things to do.
There are some truly epic combinations, too. Like 4 or 5 keys all at once
that make about 10 characters pop up on the screen.
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