Re: Shift-key modification?

[russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <9orrck$608$1@merope.saaf.se>, Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>In article <3BB0DDF3.5030508@mts.net>, Mike Pfaiffer  <pfaiffer@mts.net> wrote:
> 
>In the world of Apple DOS or ProDOS software, yes, but not in the
>world of Apple CP/M.  Read on.....

IIRC, software which could support an 80 column card could usually support
the shift key modification also.

>1. CP/M software calls a CP/M function when reading the keyboard.
>Thus, if that shift-key modification is accompanied with the
>appropriate modifications to the "keyboard read" function in the CP/M
>BIOS, lower-case keyboard input will be visible to *all* CP/M
>software, not just a few "shift-key modification aware" programs.
>Of course CP/M did it the right way: dealing with shift key
>modification stuff belongs to the OS, not to the applications!

You could replace the keyboard hooks under Applesoft if you liked.

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